Friday 7/26/13

Well, here we are in Fairbanks, Alaska, after traveling from Tok. We survived the Top of the World highway and Chicken,AK. The Top of the World Highway is something we will always remember. It was literally on top of the mountains with steep up and down grades and steep drop offs. The roads in Canada were mostly dirt with gravel. We crossed the border into the U.S. and thought the roads would be better. WRONG!!! They were worse.The roads were mostly dirt with a few pieces of gravel once in a while. Pot holes that would swallow a smaller car than our CRV.Try dodging pot holes with a motor home while staying in the middle of the "road". After five hours of driving and 109 miles, we finally arrived in Chicken which has a population of 20 in the summer and 2 in the winter( the postmistress and her husband). We had dust and dirt covering the coach , car and inside of the outside cabinets. We raised the hood on the car and saw nothing but dust. The campground in Chicken was interesting. We had only electric hookup and that was 15 amp. Usually it's either 30 or 50 amp, so we had to conserve our electricity.They run two generators for the electricity. The next couple of days will be extremely busy plus it took me three hours of trying to get on line. What a pain. Enjoy the photos (I hope). Nope, I tried to upload photos but, it wouldn't do it. Wifi my butt.