Today was boring. We headed off to Midas for an oil change and to get our brakes looked at, and we spent the day there.

Our rear brake shoes were fine, but the front pads needed replacing, and also needed a bearing replaced in on of the front wheels.

While we waited we went to Starbucks to get a video uploaded. Not sure why, but internet is very slow here. But it finally went up.

We waited all day for our van. At 5.30 pm it was finally ready, then they realised they’d forgotten to do the oil change! So it wasn’t until after 6pm when we got our car back! The guy gave us 2 litres of oil to take with us though, so that was nice.

We just wanted to get out of anchorage so we left town. We stopped at a Walmart about an hour from anchorage. They allow people to camp overnight. But there were a lot of rough looking cars and campervans there, and a lot of people working on their cars. It didn’t seem like a nice place to camp. So we got some supplies and made a sandwich before heading on.

We drove for two more hours and finally found a free campground tucked away in the woods, by a river. Only a car camper and an old van were camping here, and it seemed like a nice spot. We found a big clearing between some trees and settled in.

I’ve heard there are some crazy people in Alaska, so I wasn’t 100 percent comfortable but we sat up until midnight playing cards and didn’t see anyone else around, so I felt safe enough to sleep.