April 19, 2011 at 4:30 in the afternoon while driving back to New Jersey, at mile marker 53 on the Glenn Highway- Tok cut-off which is 250 miles from Anchorage, I fell asleep behind the wheel and crashed my RAV4. About 30 minutes after the crash Diane (Dede) Duntze a Nurse Practitioner from the Cross Road Medical Center, North Country Clinic arrived on scene and brought me to the near-by rural clinic and treated me. I was airlifted, by helicopter, back to Anchorage and admitted to Providence Medical Center with serious chest injuries. A medic on scene kindly took care of sasha for several days and then her son drove sasha to Alaska Pet Boarding & Daycare in Anchorage where I reunited with her after I was discharged from the hospital.
Map from The Hub to Grizzly Lake, Alaska (Crash Site)
Final Journal Entry (before crash)- Alaska 2010-11 Road Trip
RAV4 Crashed! (IMG-20110419-00100.jpg)
RAV4 Crashed! (IMG-20110419-00101.jpg)
RAV4 Crashed! (IMG-20110419-00102.jpg)
Ejected Ravioli Cans (IMG_5569.JPG)
A Room with a View (IMG-20110422-00106.jpg)
RAV4 towed to Auction Yard (IMG-20110425-00109.jpg)
RAV4 at auction yard in Wasilla, AK (IMG-20110425-00111).jpg
RAV4 at auction yard in Wasilla, AK (IMG-20110425-00112.jpg)