Light the fires, kick the tires.

Enough fondling that copy of "Milepost"! It's time to start across two time zones and 2,900 miles to Ninilchik, Alaska. As you can see our Montana spring has taken a bit of a hit. The forecast for our departure tomorrow is for clear roads and warming temperatures. We're only going 225 miles west over to Missoula to see friends the first day out, but we have the Cardwell Hill and Homestake Pass to cross on I-90.

Speaking of the "Milepost" I found another neat Alaska travel resource - Bell's Travel Guides - they are free, but you have to cough up the postage to get them to your door. Good stuff, kind of like the "Milepost" on a strict diet.

We'll sleep in the trailer tonight and then off we go in the morning.