We were packed and hitched up by 7:45. Of course the toughest part of the day would be saying goodbye to Grant and Debby. Their open arms reception of us was as good as anyone could have hoped for. Even though we will remain in communication with them, it was still hard to leave such gracious people. And, Joey, the hangar cat, and Ginger and Willow, their faithful dogs were there to see us off. As I mentioned previously, this was a bittersweet moment.
Grant and Debby had just been in Dawson City, YK, a week ago. But he was wishing he'd bought a box of wood matches from a hardware store there. When he found out we were going to Dawson, too, he asked if we'd buy the matches. Of course we will! So, Grant, being Grant, gave us a prepaid mailer to send them in!
We said our goodbyes and pulled out at 8:05. The drive to Tok was fairly easy and is territory that we had traveled coming into Alaska so there really wasn't much of a need to stop anywhere. The construction on the Glenn Hwy just before Glennallen is pretty well completed so there was no mud bath for the pickup and camper! The Tok Cutoff Hwy is pretty good for much of the way. However around the Mentasta Mountains the road becomes worse and is said to be "a good highway going bad". But, Peggy found that the area back in 2002 had a 7.2 earthquake and much of the area roads were destroyed. That explains why about a 20 mile stretch is very wavy with some rather extreme dips. Some construction is still being done to make repairs.
We arrived at the Sourdough Campground about 2 miles outside of Tok and were set up by 3:00. Yes, the wifi is working and we are online checking email and updating the blog. We also drove into town to get fuel and stopped at the Visitors Center to get information about the Taylor Highway, Chicken, AK, and the Top of the World Highway.
We grilled our dinner, went for a walk, relaxed, watch the one and only PBS station on TV and called it a night. Tomorrow we get to experience new territory. We're excited!
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