Roller Coaster Roads

7 July 2010
Wednesday

Today we retreated from Anchorage and headed back into the Yukon. From Anchorage we got back on the Alaska Highway and drove to Tok. It was time to chart a new course. As we drove through the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge it was sunny. The views were picture-perfect. There were mountains and lakes and forests . . . . .

and then . . .

Road construction: 40 - 50 miles of very dusty roads placated with an oily residue which, of course, stuck like glue to the van. Not a good sight.

Into the Yukon: lose an hour [different time zone].

And then the most bumpity road I have every had to drive/ride on. Minnesota potholes in the spring have nothing on these things called frost heaves. We finally decided enough was enough so we pulled into a provincial campground on Small Lake and got a site right next to the water. A nice breeze kept the bugs away and Jim won another round of Scrabble [only by one point, however].