Tok
Travel Blogs from Tok, United States
Back in the good ol' USA
... still a bucking bull. We finally reach the Alaska border and they let us in with no problem. Whew!! We reached Tok and have a very nice campsite with WiFi and would you believe cable TV. We have had to watch 3 stations of which 2 ...
Day 11
We got up early today to get some kilometers in (we are in Canada remember) and by the end of the day we finally got to the main part of Alaska. We made it about 45 miles into the state. When we started out first thing in the morning ...
Need Some Time to Recuperate...
Had a big night at the bar and need to just lounge in the tent today. Very little kilometers today but at least everybody has some time to just relax, which is always ...
June 14 - Whitehorse, Yukon to Tok, Alaska
... . The R.V. park we had reservations for was muddy and flooded so we drove 70 miles further than planned. When we got into Tok, Alaska, the camper and truck were covered with mud, so we paid a visit to the wash stand at camp to hose it ...
Top of the World Highway and on to Moon Lake
... from other travelers how challenging this road was. She did admit afterwards that it was a great drive and well worth the anticipation. Tok, our first Alaskan town, was basically just a truck stop with not much to offer so we went on down the road to a ...
Da Tok ad Haines Jct: di nuovo la Alcan HWY
Lungo percorso per abbandonare momentaneamente l'Alaska e rientrare per un breve tratto in Canada, anche oggi tra spazi sconfinati di foreste, laghi e montagne circostanti. Ripresa la Alcan HWY e ritrovata nelle stesse condizioni disastrate degli altri ...
Day 16
... literally and down into Chicken, Alaska where there is another smaller dredge (see pic's) again just unbelievable!! Then finally into Tok for a freat Halibut dinner..............Life is good, tonight we sleep in ALASKA for the first night. Godspeed ...
A wonderful night at Walmart:)
... ; They are going to Washington and Oregon and then back across the lower US. As we drove northwest across the Yukon for Tok, AK (which is one of two entry ports into the AK from Canada), we totally understood why they changed their plans and turned ...
Day 1
... trip. So we ended up leaving anchorage at about 1.30pm......with a 5.5 hours drive ahead of us. It was a beautiful drive up to Tok near the Canada/Alaska border. Again the weather was amazingly kind to us with not a cloud to be seen in the sky. ...
North Pole
... ; He planned to be home in 15 months. We asked if he had done this before. He had a 2 year trip in the United States. I can't even imagine doing something like that - but it would be exciting, scary and fun all rolled into one. We ...
Day 53
Alaska Trip Day 53 Sunday, August 08, 2010 Leg 23 from Valdez to Tok We finally found the mosquitoes. We were just saying yesterday that we didn't see what all the fuss was about with the mosquitoes and the rough roads. We just arrived in Tok and ...
The same mouse as before!
Hello Our Traveling Companions, Does Tok sound familiar - it should, we've been here before. Tok is the town where one goes through when coming into Alaska and when leaving Alaska by vehicle, tour bus, etc. It's no joke to be from Tok. ...
Day 50 Alaska
Day 50 Yukon - Alaska just across the border Last night we met some Canadian RVer's on the sites behind us. Dean, Bobbie, Robert and Carol. They have done some extensive travelling both here and also overseas to NZ and Australia. This morning we ...
Day 63 Tok to Chicken
Day 63 Tok - Chicken - Dawson City. Before we left to head out of Tok we spent some time searching for some extras for the Castle, With the conflicting reports we had received about the Top of The World road, being rough with sharp stones and be prepared ...
Resting Up
... that included the managers. We decided that we didn't think we could trust the mechanics to do their best work, so we came on to Tok. I asked the girl in the office at the RV park who they recommended and she right away told me "Willard's" just up the ...
We Made it to Alaska!
It was quite a drive through the Yukon into Alaska yesterday! We covered another 500 miles and encountered the roughest stretch of road yet, especially the last 200 miles before the border. There were frost heaves six feet high, invisible ...
Crossing the Border
... fragrantly. We stayed at the Golden Bear Motel. The room was warm and the beds were comfortable. The next morning we left at 8am. Tok in the daylight was flat and had stubby looking trees. It kind of looked like the high desert region in central ...
My eyes are sore from watching for wildlife
... in most places. It looks very different at this time of year. Huge mountains are always amazing! We drove the Tok Cutoff Road to the Glenn Hwy. We did see the Matanuska Glacier pretty close. Wonder of wonders, Ed yelled ...

