Gakona Lodge & Trading Post Tok

... Nebesna Road..<br> We set out on the 40 mile road, of which only the first 4 miles are paved. The first of the stream fords does not occur until mile 29. Due to snowmelt and /or glacial runoff, stream fords can get much deeper as the day progresses. Well, we did see the beaver lodge, but no other wildlife. The clouds parted a little, but we did not get really good views of the mountains. The drive was an ...

... said "If I was wearing a Disneyland shirt, would you think I was a mouse? Les just gave him one of those looks that only Les can give and didn't say anymore. The guy just walked off. I told Les that he should have told him that he should be wearing a shirt with a donkey on it because he was acting like a "___". The other little incident that we had as we were just driving down the road looking for ...

... rough, but about 50 miles east of Tok, they had resurfaced the road so it was smooth sailing for awhile.<br><br>We pulled into the Sourdough Campground, a place we have stayed before and enjoyed, to learn that the owner had been killed in a snowmobile accident last winter. We were so sad to hear this as we really enjoyed Ken and his antics. The camp is known for the nightly sourdough pancake toss, and Ken made it so much fun for all the campers ...

... spot a moose. Too bad my camera was just out of reach with the darn seatbelt holding me back. About all you can see is a fuzzy brown blur, but he's etched in my brain and can't wait till we head out for Faribanks!! In a couple of days, though, after we catch our breath. <br>Oh yes, the fireweed. It was beautiful. I'll post the pictures in the morning......it's way past my bedtime!

... dwarf birch. The 7,000 - 9,000-ft. summits of the Kluane Mountain Range parallel the highway and the St. Elias Mountain Range just to the west contains many of Canada&#8217;s highest peaks, including Mt. Logan which is 19,550 ft.<br> <br><br>We passed through Haines Junction and continued toward Destruction Bay where the ...

... The highway has a 9% grade approaching the highest point. The border guard for the U.S. was a bit friendlier than his counterpart from the other day. A few questions, checking the license plate and our passports, and we were on our way. We stopped for lunch in a gravel pit a ways up the highway toward Eagle and I found another one of those signs to take a picture of - maybe we were just tired, but we all got a giggle out of it. We stopped in ...

... and had a car wash party. We wash all 23 rigs. We stayed the night and then off to Fairbanks and on the way we stopped at the end of the Alaska Highway,State park next to the pipe line and the nutty shop. Ray and christa

... yesterday's spectacular views of the Chugach Mountains todays trip seemed routine. However, it really wasn't in a big picture sense. We arrived at Thompson's around 1500 and immediately secured 'our' cabin. A nice surprise was the addition of a sun umbrella with chairs. This would come in handy later in the day when the rains would come. When we rode in, I noticed another Harley Electra ...

... our collection, it also gave us more detail of the roads to allow us to make a better choice. We left and again drove along the Alaskan highway, this in itself was an experience! It was ok for a good stretch and we made good time, until we came to the roller coaster bits, We kid you not, the road had numerous sections marked with little orange flags. The road dips and has pot holes with variations that would match the rides in Disneyland. We are getting ...

... for cheap. I thought the Canada road today was bad, but nothing like the US portion of the road. We had to wait one time for about 30 min. before we could follow a pilot car down a barley one lane gravel road around a mountain - the people in from of me were SO SLOW I thought I might get stuck in the mud. Finally around 2:00 we reached TOK and the Sourdough Campground. We set up camp after looking at our now brown rig and truck. A light and our balance ...