Chicken
Travel Blogs from Chicken, United States
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A Change of Plans
... the US, but this year is an exception. It took us 4 and ¼ hours to travel 108 miles from the Dawson Ferry to Chicken Alaska. We did not expect hook-ups here as they only have a few. We are dry camping at Chicken Gold Camp. Even if you ...
Chicken Gold Camp
... River on a ferry and on to Chicken Ak over the top of the world highway which is all gravel. When we left it was raining so the road was muddy and slipply. Chicken was 99miles away and it took was us 6 hours to get there and were covered with mud. LOVE ...
Chicken, Alaska, United States
... Wagonmasters have invited all of us to a "Welcome to Alaska" dinner. Jean, who used to be a caterer, prepared pans of Chicken Tettrazini while still at home. The pans have been kept frozen in different vehicles' freezers until today. I ...
Pretend Your Name Is Keith
... are currently sat - taking advantage of an internet connection that won’t let us download or upload anything - has a rubber chicken hanging above the counter which you squeeze to attract attention. Mike has just purchased a badge which reads ...
The Last Frontier
... Die Überquerung der Grenze zurück in die Staaten war total unproblematisch und unser erstes Ziel in Alaska hiess Chicken. Eigentlich sollte dieses winzige Goldgräber-Kaff Ptarmigan (Schneehuhn) heissen, doch die Minenarbeiter dazumal konnten sich nicht ...
Chicken
... (2 to 4 metres) and there were many dense shrubs. The topography could be described as undulating. We had read about Chicken before we arrived. Apparently, the early minors who started the town were planning to call the town Ptarmigan. But they weren't ...
Time Machine Backwards......
Hello All.......these are some of the photos that I took before we got to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. ...
Top of the World Road- Border Crossing-Chicken,AL
... as the visibility was minimal. Came out of the clouds and crossed the border. Scenery was spectacular as usual. Stopped at Chicken, AL where I had some great blueberry pie and conversation with Susan (owner/baker) Heading to Tok and then on to ...
I feel like chicken tonight
... I say street, I mean a row of three buildings – one a bar, one a store and one a cafe. I absolutely loved Chicken, Alaska, a former gold prospecting community with a population of about three. I was just disappointed that I didn't see Klondike Pete ...
If You Go To Alaska, You've Got To Go Here!
... to be water wells, generators and Out-Houses! Now this is rural Alaska! What you have got to understand is that going to Chicken has essentially become a cult thing; not in the sense of a Jim Jones’ Peoples Temple or Waco Branch Davidians type cult ...
On Top of the World!
... . It was wonderful to see them! When we got back to the Top of the World Highway, we drove to a small town called Chicken. The drive here was also beautiful, and as we got closer to Chicken, we could see that the small stream we had been driving ...
Braking in Anchorage
... on the Taylor Highway. Gorgeous! We had yet another incredible sunset…..& woke up early for the sunrise! Chicken was a kick! We enjoyed touring the old mining town on foot in a nano second as there wasn’t all that ...
Alaska
... bus- mind you I managed to suds up my side of the bus quicker than the one of the boys.. Girl power. Next stop was Chicken a tiny gold mining town population of 10, the never ending days is taking its toll and we are all falling asleep on the ...
Day 25 - Tok -> Chicken -> Tok
... begins. While waiting I decide to head up to Chicken (nobody knew how to spell Ptarmigan) which is 70 twisty miles out of Tok. Chicken has a population of ~15 and is a cool little place on the end of the Top of the World highway. Upon reaching Tok I book ...
Valdez to Chicken to Tok to Whitehorse
... /whale watching cruise the second day. Then crappy again for the drive out to Tok. The day we planned to drive up to Chicken, Alaska, it was beautiful. The next day it rained all day while we were driving to Destruction Bay in the Yukon. ...
Top of the World Highway (leaving Dawson)
... drive just the same. Close to the top of the highway about 105K in we crossed the border from Canada into Alaska and the United States of America. It seemed strange, suddenly coming upon a border crossing in such a remote location way up in the mountains. ...
Chicken
Here we are in Chicken, Alaska. On our way to Tok for information then to Fairbanks. Border passing was easy. ...
We made it - we are in Alaska at last!
... name is Klondike Highway) for a beautiful drive that took us about 6 hours to go about 100 miles. Because it was so mountainous and the last 30 miles the highway is a gravel road. We ended the day in Chicken Alaska. Quite the place. ...
What came first..........................
... be here. Chicken was named by early miners who wanted to name their camp Ptarmigan but couldn't spell the name. Chicken is occupied by some corporate gold mining interests in the area and a smaller dredge (as shown in previous ...
Glenn Highway, Tok Cutoff, Taylor Highway
... to maroon. We found an RV spot at Chicken Gold Camp and Outpost (the RV park is a recycled gold mine) and went down to Beautiful Downtown Chicken, a combination store, restaurant, bar, and liquor store (pictures of that in tomorrow's ...
Finally Arrive in ALASKA!
... crossed the boarder into ALASKA! Very exciting and seems like your already lost in the wild. Great first impression. We made it to Chicken tonight and just managed to get some food at the restaurant. While we were eating we met the owner of the local bar ...
Departing Chicken and Alaska for One Day
Short Version: Chicken in the rear view. The beginning of the end. Wordy Version: The boom mystery remained until the ...
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