Day 55 - The Final Post

 July 3, 2026 

Good morning. This is our last day on this great adventure. Waking up in Missouri, just a few hours from home. Oh it is going to be HOT! Missouri is under a heat advisory. 

While in Tok, Alaska the first time, before heading to Anchorage, Rich washed the end cap and the sides of the Brinkley to get the layer of road grim and bugs off. The trip North was more muddy and messy with all the snow still on the road. 

The trip back has been more bugs than mud and the Brinkley is covered.  The pictures don't pick up all the dirt, grim and "yuck". As Rich & I were talking about needing to scrub the Brinkley clean I thought "let me check into these truck wash places." 












We found a place, Five Star Truck Wash in Booneville and gave them a call.  I told them what we have and what we need and what the price would be to scrub off the crud. WOW!  Why have we never thought of these places before???? 

They got us in and hand washed both the truck and the Brinkley, scrubbed the bugs off and made them both sparkle like new.  Whew, that saved us hours of scrubbing and time out in this heat.

Look at that rig sparkle - this makes me so happy I don't have to wash it all. 




So clean there is even a reflection!!!!  LOL! 


Missouri River crossing over #1 crossing over on I-70 by Rocheport
Jefferson City - Missouri State Capital 

Crossing the Missouri River second time Highway 54 Jefferson City

The Missouri River has been a travel "partner" for a large part of our journey. From right here in the state as we crossed over it a couple of times heading north all the way up into the Dakotas to the headwaters of the Missouri as we made our way home entering back into the lower 48 in Montana. We have seen Lewis & Clark Trail signs and read historical roadside markers annotating their time along the route. 


The official picture of our final mileage 9058.9 miles, 216 hours of actual engine running time.
CRAZY!! SO MUCH FUN!!


Home, for a bit, before the next Adventure that takes us out West.
Thank you for following along on the blog. 
Thank you John for asking me to do this. What a great way to revisit the
EPIC ADVENTURE TO ALASKA. 












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