Chicken, Alaska

Day 33, Monday, 7/20: Decided to load up and drive into Dawson for breakfast. There was a place called Sourdough Joe’s that looked interesting. When we got there we discovered it didn’t open until 11:00 (they don’t serve breakfast, just lunch and dinner). Oh well. We walked around town and found a Chinese restaurant that served breakfast so that is where we ate. Found out most of the locals go there because it is good and very inexpensive. After breakfast we did a little shopping and then crossed on the ferry over the Yukon River about 10:30. The ferry crossing is right in town, at the northwest end. The road we are on at this point is called the Top of the World Highway and it is aptly named! You drive on the tops of the mountains for miles and miles. It is rough road (mostly gravel) and at times it was much worse than the Dempster! About 45 miles from Dawson is the Alaska/Yukon border crossing and we passed through without a hitch. Just showed our passports, they asked a few questions and that was it. We are amazed that they haven’t yet asked to even look in the trailer or camper…. This border crossing is only open in the summer as this road is closed in the winter. Saw lots of RV’s headed toward Dawson on this road. Surprised that people would bring their big motor coaches on such a road. Drove on another 30+ miles to the town of Chicken. It is quite tiny but has a huge RV park and a small ‘downtown’. It is just one building that is divided between a gift shop/liquor store and tavern! They have free ‘dry’ camping so we are camping in the parking lot tonight. They DO have WiFi though! Amazing…. Of course we bought a few things in the gift store. We are now on Alaska time which is an hour earlier than Pacific time. Another day, another adventure!! No critters were seen today. 