Today should be entitled Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. The good condition of the Alcan came to a screeching halt today. The road was terrible! I couldn’t wait to be through with it. But we survived and made it back into the US of A intact if somewhat weary. Three other Great Alaskan RVs were in line ahead of us at customs.
The terrain today was different only in that the amazing Rockies were higher and bigger. Some were over 15,000 feet high. We had lunch at an incredible site at the end of Kluane Lake near Burwash Landing. I have beautiful pictures and I hope that I can get one on the blog. I also have a picture of the Alcan at its worst. Thanks, Roxanna, I finally found the image icon. All I need now is WiFi that is fast enough to upload them.
Wildlife was scarce today, but we did see a swan on an enormous nest in a pond near the road. Her husband was nearby watching out for intruders. We spied several more at a distance along the route.
In the morning we will be heading to Fairbanks, where we will restock our supplies, and then on to Denali for a couple of days
This is the notation from Cliff’s daily journal for the day: “Up at 5:45; packed up BBQ grill. Dumped tanks and filled H2O. Breakfast was SOS on one piece of toast with oj and milk. Drove until 5:30 AST (Alaska Standard Time). We ate lunch at a beautiful lake [Luane Lake]. I drove until stopping at Tundra RV Park ($32.00) in Tok, AK. Had to go sit in the RV park office to get online. I came back to RV at 8 p.m. and Wallie stayed to work on FaceBook, etc. I watched “Hunt for the Red October” on DVD. Fell asleep before the movie was over. Got up and went to bed at 11 p.m. It was still light outside! When does it get dark here?”
More tomorrow.
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