Log from Aug 3rd.
August 3rd, 2005
We finally made it to Alaska on the 2nd. We spent the night in beautiful Chicken, Alaska. Chicken consisted of only a handful of buildings and has a population of 35. The town has no power so the businesses run on generators (shut down at 7:30pm) and they have no water lines. They do have gold panning, so we dry camped for the night, lured by the prospect of finding gold. We did find quite a few small flakes. Despite the small size of the town, they had great coffee and many coffee choices. We could have stayed longer, but we'd really like to shower, especially after playing in mud.
We had some troubles. First the carbon monoxide detector in the camper crapped out, then we found a busted LED headlamp (remember this from Otter Creek, Lori?), and then when we woke, the car battery was dead. We left a power strip on with the laptop plugged in all night. Ooops. Bob used the DC output from the generator, then used the campsite power through the camper to recharge the car battery.
We are currently driving to Fairbanks where we will spend 2 nights at a minimum. We need a break and need to restock on provisions. We stopped and got lunch out. It was great to waited on. Oh yeah, we also are on paved roads finally, back on the Alaska Highway. The Top of the World Highway had beautiful views. The camper and car are still covered in mud. It stresses out Bob. We thought we were hitting rain, but it bugs smacking the windows. Bug winshield cleaner is a must up here.
Our guide says that moose are abundant on Alaska Highways. We still haven't seen the elusive moose. It's a steamy 65 degrees at 4pm here.
Another interesting point is that the last traffic light that we can remember seeing was 1350 miles ago in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Wild, eh?
We finally made it to Alaska on the 2nd. We spent the night in beautiful Chicken, Alaska. Chicken consisted of only a handful of buildings and has a population of 35. The town has no power so the businesses run on generators (shut down at 7:30pm) and they have no water lines. They do have gold panning, so we dry camped for the night, lured by the prospect of finding gold. We did find quite a few small flakes. Despite the small size of the town, they had great coffee and many coffee choices. We could have stayed longer, but we'd really like to shower, especially after playing in mud.
We had some troubles. First the carbon monoxide detector in the camper crapped out, then we found a busted LED headlamp (remember this from Otter Creek, Lori?), and then when we woke, the car battery was dead. We left a power strip on with the laptop plugged in all night. Ooops. Bob used the DC output from the generator, then used the campsite power through the camper to recharge the car battery.
We are currently driving to Fairbanks where we will spend 2 nights at a minimum. We need a break and need to restock on provisions. We stopped and got lunch out. It was great to waited on. Oh yeah, we also are on paved roads finally, back on the Alaska Highway. The Top of the World Highway had beautiful views. The camper and car are still covered in mud. It stresses out Bob. We thought we were hitting rain, but it bugs smacking the windows. Bug winshield cleaner is a must up here.
Our guide says that moose are abundant on Alaska Highways. We still haven't seen the elusive moose. It's a steamy 65 degrees at 4pm here.
Another interesting point is that the last traffic light that we can remember seeing was 1350 miles ago in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Wild, eh?
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