Our blogs maybe touch and go for awhile, as we travel back from Alaska, depending on whether we have Internet access. We traveled Parks Highway from the truck weigh station outside of Fairbanks, Alaska to Tok, Alaska on Friday. We are staying in Tok at the Tundra Lodge and RV Park for two nights and they have Internet access in the lounge area. The gentleman who checked us in was very nice and the spaces are all forested sites and can accommodate large rigs. Our trip from Fairbanks to Tok was, for a change, uneventful. The scenery and terrain are much different from other parts of Alaska that we have had the opportunity to pass through. This area is flatter and I hate to say it somewhat boring. It was a cold, cloudy, rainy day and that may not have helped. Most of the birch and aspen trees had reached their peak and the majority of the leaves had already fallen off the trees. Unfortunately, we did not see any moose, bear or caribou to break the monotony.
We stopped in North Pole Alaska in hopes of picking up some souvenirs for the 11 grand kids at Santa Clause House, but we were a "tad" too early. They had gone to their winter hours and opened at 10:00am and we were there around 8:00am. We decided that it was too long to wait for the store to open, so we took a few pictures and headed on down the road. Our next stop was at Delta Junction for diesel ($3.64/gal) and to check out the visitor center in town.
This is the start or end, depending on which way you are traveling, for the Alaska Highway. We had to stop and get a picture of the sign and post and a few other pictures at the visitors center - the Sullivan Roadhouse(an original log roadhouse-one of the last remaining roadhouses from Valdez to Fairbanks), a sign indicating the start/end of the Alaska Highway, various pipe sizes for the Alaska Pipe Line, and last but not least the giant replicas of two mosquitoes.
The Alaska Pipe Line runs parallel to Parks highway from Fairbanks to Delta Junction and we managed to get a couple of pictures where it is suspended crossing the Tanana River. From Delta Junction to Tok, Alaska it continued to rain and the majority of the leaves were off the birch and aspen trees as we got closer to Tok. The Alaska Range is suppose to be visible on the Alaska Highway between Delta Junction and Tok, however, with the rain and low lying clouds it was almost impossible to see the mountains.
Occasionally, we were able to catch a glimpse of them with some snow on the peaks. We arrived at the Tundra RV Park at around 2pm and settled in. Bob had an ulterior motive for making this a short day driving and I was soon to find out the exact reason why. He casually mentioned that we would not be too far from Chicken (around 80 miles) and maybe we could leave the 5th wheel parked and take a side trip up there Saturday morning. He finally was going to get me to Chicken!
Our blogs maybe touch and go for awhile, as we travel back from Alaska, depending on whether we have Internet access. We traveled Parks Highway from the truck weigh station outside of Fairbanks, Alaska to Tok, Alaska on Friday. We are staying in Tok at the Tundra Lodge and RV Park for two nights and they have Internet access in the lounge area. The gentleman who checked us in was very nice and the spaces are all forested sites and can accommodate large rigs. Our trip from Fairbanks to Tok was, for a change, uneventful. The scenery and terrain are much different from other parts of Alaska that we have had the opportunity to pass through. This area is flatter and I hate to say it somewhat boring. It was a cold, cloudy, rainy day and that may not have helped. Most of the birch and aspen trees had reached their peak and the majority of the leaves had already fallen off the trees. Unfortunately, we did not see any moose, bear or caribou to break the monotony. 
We stopped in North Pole Alaska in hopes of picking up some souvenirs for the 11 grand kids at Santa Clause House, but we were a "tad" too early. They had gone to their winter hours and opened at 10:00am and we were there around 8:00am. We decided that it was too long to wait for the store to open, so we took a few pictures and headed on down the road. Our next stop was at Delta Junction for diesel ($3.64/gal) and to check out the visitor center in town.
This is the start or end, depending on which way you are traveling, for the Alaska Highway. We had to stop and get a picture of the sign and post and a few other pictures at the visitors center - the Sullivan Roadhouse(an original log roadhouse-one of the last remaining roadhouses from Valdez to Fairbanks), a sign indicating the start/end of the Alaska Highway, various pipe sizes for the Alaska Pipe Line, and last but not least the giant replicas of two mosquitoes.
The Alaska Pipe Line runs parallel to Parks highway from Fairbanks to Delta Junction and we managed to get a couple of pictures where it is suspended crossing the Tanana River. From Delta Junction to Tok, Alaska it continued to rain and the majority of the leaves were off the birch and aspen trees as we got closer to Tok. The Alaska Range is suppose to be visible on the Alaska Highway between Delta Junction and Tok, however, with the rain and low lying clouds it was almost impossible to see the mountains. 
Occasionally, we were able to catch a glimpse of them with some snow on the peaks. We arrived at the Tundra RV Park at around 2pm and settled in. Bob had an ulterior motive for making this a short day driving and I was soon to find out the exact reason why. He casually mentioned that we would not be too far from Chicken (around 80 miles) and maybe we could leave the 5th wheel parked and take a side trip up there Saturday morning. He finally was going to get me to Chicken!
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