Goodbye Dawson City.

After spending 3 nights in Dawson City it was time for us to leave. We caught the ferry across the Yukon river before 8 AM. We didn't know that we were in for a tough 186 miles to Tok Alaska.
The only stops we made were at the US border, Poker Creek and at Chicken AK. Total driving time to Tok was 61/2 hours. We stopped at Chicken (Chicken was named by the original inhabitants because they could not agree on the spelling of the Alaska State Bird which is PTARMIGAN) to refresh ourselves as most of the highway was gravel with soft shoulders and wash-outs. This entire highway is closed from September to March. This highway winds along the tops of the mountains. The population goes from 6 in the winter to 26 in the summer.
I guess you would call the village people of Chicken..... "Chicken burgers"!

We arrived in Tok AK with the truck and trailer covered in mud, but we were happy to have the trip over.