Young's Motel Tok

... stop. From Glennallen you travel northeast on the Tok Cutoff, kind of an extension of the Glenn Highway. At Tok you then turn east on the Alaska Highway.<br> We arrived at the ranger station a little before lunch, unhitched, and turned the coach around at the dead end. We visited with the ranger for a while checking on the status of Nebesna Road. We knew there were some stream fords to cross and wanted to be ...

... bad between Lake Kluane and Tok. They are marked by flags and if you slow down, they aren't too bad, but 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 were in french and the other one was in native indian language ...

... it to buckle and crack. The road crews are great about patching the cracks, but it&#8217;s another matter to smooth the heaves; that requires re-surfacing.<br><br>The smoke from the Alaska fires had subsided a great deal so sight-seeing was easy. We traveled by so many lakes and creeks that it would take all day to list them. Some of them were pretty; but so many of the streams are filled with glacial silt that the waters are murky and muddy ...

... they get up here. Tomorrow we leave Alaska. We will all feel better when we get past the Rocky Mountains. None of us enjoyed that part of the trip. I will be without WiFi for several days so you will not be hearing from us during that time. More when I get back to the lower 48.

... Saloon and Café. The saloon has hats and women's panties hanging from the ceiling. Don't ask me how or why this happens. I continued South on the Taylor Highway that eventually joined the Alaska Highway just East of Tok. I have a campsite in Tok and am looking forward to a long rest tonight. Aug 2: Distance Travelled: 335 Miles 536 Km

... Alaska stuff. Back at camp, Pooh and I went to the little concert put on by a honky-tonk band from Tok. I also ordered their reindeer chili in a sourdough bread bowl with a piece of Blueberry Pie. Good food and good entertainment. At the pancake toss, Pooh put one in and won a free breakfast! Go Pooh. I did not make it this time, nor did I get it last time. After all this fun, we came back to walk the dogs and relax before our hard trip tomorrow.

... and very reasonable. There is even a shop to pull maintenance on your ride which I did. Tok on the 4th is kinda cool. Kids everywhere riding quads. There are quad roads that parallel the main roads. There where literally quads zip pig everywhere. We were hungry and there were two choices: Grumpy Grizzes or Fast Eddies. Fast Eddies was it and it wasn't too bad. Back to Thompson's, relax then sleep.

... One thing we are noticing about the Alaska Hwy. is all the closed businesses. This is not due to gas prices as they have been closed for many years but due to the fact that not many young people want to work in places like this. So there is actually a labor shortage on this route. And many jobs on the route are for summer only. Now, I would never work a summer due to the fact that Pooh and I are always traveling. But I'd love to do some summer work ...

Weiterfahrt über die Grenze von Kanada nach Alaska. Nach Fingerabdruck, Foto und 8 US$/Person dürfen wir die Grenze passieren. Scheinbar haben wir auch alle Fragen korrekt beantwortet. Die Äpfel dürfen wir mitnehmen...Made in US :-) Ankunft in Tok und Übernachtung im B&amp;B bei Helga. Wir durften das beste Frühstück in Alaska geniessen!