Well, I though by now we would be in Canada, but no, we’re still here in Alaska, Chicken, Alaska that is.
Barbara just had to see Chicken, so we left Tok around 1:30 this afternoon after doing some souvenir shopping, topping off the gas tank and filling the propane tank.
Chicken is 78 miles from Tok, but it is a winding road with a lot of gravel repair spots, so we didn’t make the best time in the world. The speed limit is 50 MPH and we were doing 25 at times, although for the most part we were able to do 40 and some 50 with no problem. Of course we had to stop and take pictures along the way.
Chicken is a quaint place. There are three businesses plus a post office. We’ve stopped at all four places and now spending the night at one of the two campgrounds here. Each place has their own generator since there is no commercial power in Chicken. There are even two places to buy gasoline at $3.45 per gallon. We paid $3.19 in Tok and I understand it is over $5.00/gal in Dawson, Yukon Territory where we should be by this time tomorrow.
We drove 75 miles today. The high temp we saw was 81 degrees, the low 51.
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