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Known as the world furthest north
truck stop, Coldfoot, Alaska, sits on the Dalton Highway, or Haul Road, as most
viewers of the television show Ice Road Truckers know it. 254 miles from
Fairbanks and 240 miles from Deadhorse or Prudhoe Bay, Coldfoot is the last
stop for fuel, food, or accommodations.
"The town was originally a mining camp named Slate Creek, and around 1900 got its present name when prospectors going up the nearby Middle Fork Koyukuk River would get "cold feet" and turn around." Wikipedia.
"The town was originally a mining camp named Slate Creek, and around 1900 got its present name when prospectors going up the nearby Middle Fork Koyukuk River would get "cold feet" and turn around." Wikipedia.
Coldfoot has the supplies needed to continue the journey north for
trucks and other vehicles but it also has an airport. All which figure highly
in my novel Murder & Obsession.
Steven finally reached Coldfoot, and spoke with Sarah before moving too deeply into the mountains.
“Saturday is just too far away.” She sounded wistful.
His pride swelled with her words, but her pensiveness bothered him. “Is something wrong?”
“It’s just… I don’t want to go on this trip. I’m sorry. I’m being foolish. I wish we’d waited, or stopped in Seattle before we flew home.”
“Don’t go; let your attorney handle the business issues. Join me. We can start the honeymoon now.”
She laughed. “Oh, my gosh, we do sound like lovesick teenagers. No, I’ll go to Seattle and take care of business. You have a right to some time alone to make your decision. Just promise me that we won’t be apart again for a long, long time.
I’ve taken her away from home again. “I’m sorry, Sarah, we should’ve―”
“No, Steven. We both know our responsibilities; besides, I’m the one who insisted on a wilderness honeymoon. I’m just being silly.”
They talked for an hour because he had a hard time saying goodbye. After the phone call, a cold wind took his attention skyward, where the warnings of a storm floated above the horizon, and its foretelling gave him a chill he could not shake.
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