Eberle hasn ' t been doing shit . Source am a disappointed , but hopeful , fantasy owner <| sep |> I was still waiting for the service station guys to finish repairing my car at 7 PM , so I finally told them to keep at it and stop running out to gas up cars I ' d do it for them ! Shortly afterward , the Griswolds pulled in with a station wagon almost riding the snubbers . Could well have been them , anyway you couldn ' t see through the car back of the front seats for all the kids , luggage , and crap . I left the nozzle filling its tank when the driver called me over to ask a question How do I get to Alaska from here ? He was serious . Now we were in Vancouver , 1 st and Clark , for those who know it , and this guy gave me the distinct impression that he thought if he leadfooted a bit , the family could book into an Alaskan motel that night . It ' s over 1000 miles just to get out of BC , and probably that much again across the Yukon , just to get to the border of Alaska , much less Anchorage or Fairbanks . I told him how to get to the freeway , to drive 100 miles east to Hope , and turn North on Highway 97 and , uh , follow the signs . And you really should buy a map . He wasn ' t fazed by this he paid for the fill and burbled away up 1 st Avenue . I ' ve wondered , now and then , if they ever made it .