We had a very long and bleak drive up into Alaska but the scenery was stunning, the days are closing in us and not so much daylight is available, we crossed the border very easily as we were the only car at a very cold minus 16 border, but we were told this was warm as temperature can drop to minus 50.

I filled in a Visa waiver paid a $6 fee they took my finger prints and a photo and never checked my car or even asked anything about it they didn’t even want to have my vehicle registration details.
We drove another two hours and stopped at a small village called Tok where we bought a new thermometer from a shop and we asked if they new a place we could sleep for the night and they suggested that we speak to the local Tok Christian church.

Within a few minutes we met the Pastor Joel Krise and his wife Anne who welcomed us into the church and turned on the very effective heating in the basement of the church were they have a couple of beds, Chris and I had a really good nights sleep and woke up on Sunday morning in a church the first time I have done that.

We had showers and talked to Joel and listened to his wife Anne play the guitar as she organizes a church band which looked quite cool, every one in this small but cold community has very warm hearts and I want to thank Joel and Anne for letting us stay at the Tok Church

What and experience.