Day 6 Tok to Fairbanks

Today was a planned short day we only had about 208 miles to Fairbanks but I was up around 6:30 local which was 7:30 PST. I had gotten up several times last night and at 1:30 a.m. it was still light outside and when I checked again around 4:00 a.m. it was light and the sun was out. We decided to eat breakfast this morning and had a good home cooked meal, I say home cooked because the lady that greeted us, took our order, served us coffee and juice, served our food and gave us the check was also the one who cooked the food. We didn't stick around to see if she washed the dishes and since it was like home cooking we didn't want to hang around long because she might have us doing dishes and taking out the trash.
We headed out of town on Alaskan State route 2 and we hadn't travel far in the 58 degree weather when we came upon our first construction zone. We ran into only two more major construction zones but the patches and loose gravel on the road were to numerous to count. I am sure if someone traveled the road next year they will find the patches of loose gravel in the same spot and the road crews working at the same areas.
The weather stayed nice and we hit a few patches wet weather lasted on minutes. The country side had changed from short pines to taller trees and the mountains moved well away from the roads. We reached Delta Junction and the end of the Alaskan Highway around 11:00 a.m. grabbed a soda and candy bar some fuel and were on our way. The traffic remained light and we made good time heading up the road. We arrived in Fairbanks around 1:30 p.m. Stopped in at Adventure cycles and then over to the Harley Davidson and BMW dealer. We called it a day and pulled into the After a Super 8 for the night. Tomorrow we tackle the Dalton, we have planned to make it a two day event to travel the 500 miles but we are leaving ours selves open for a ride straight to Deadhorse this will all depend on the road conditions.
We have yet to see any critter larger than a pocket gopher since entering Alaska. We have seen lots of flies and mosquitoes but this has only been during the waiting at the road construction areas.