Yeah, we finally made it to Alaska. We are a few miles from Tok (sounds like poke). Apparently, back when the Alaska Highway was being built, this was a large staging area called Tokyo Junction. Once the war broke out, the name was shortened to Tok, to be politically correct.
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| Pickhandle Lake, lunch spot |
Deb and I have found that it is best to get to campgrounds that are "first come first serve" before 3:00 to insure that you can find a nice spot. Normally, you put your ticket on a post by your site and everyone knows that it is taken. There are no posts here, and since we were coming from Canada, we got rid of our fruit and vegetables (and also our wine & beer). So we put out the folding chairs, Deb and Drex held the site against all on-comers, while I went into town in search of our essentials. It all worked well...she was still there when I returned.
The trip here was wonderful. We had sunny sky's the entire way, with majestic mountains rising all around us. We even had lunch at a small roadside rest area, with a lake... ducks, and even trumpeter swans.
Tomorrow we actually finish the Alaska Highway in Delta Junction and then drive the last hundred miles to Fairbanks!
The trip here was wonderful. We had sunny sky's the entire way, with majestic mountains rising all around us. We even had lunch at a small roadside rest area, with a lake... ducks, and even trumpeter swans.
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