Took a trip to Tok

Day 47 – Monday, July 29

We continued our journey on the Taylor highway to Tok, which is on the Alaska Highway and considered the crossroads of Alaska, since you have to pass through Tok both coming and going through Alaska.  It is the major overland point of entry into Alaska.   They have also said it’s the car washing capital of the world since everyone that has been over the Top of the World highway has to wash their cars and rv’s once they arrive!  The drive today was 78 miles, but took more than 2 hours.  We learned about frost heaves which cause the road to be wavy and and creates “whee bumps” as you drive over them.  It’s hard to see them in the road, but it’s not hard at all to FEEL them!

The road was a lot better today than yesterday, but there were still a lot of gravel areas and bumpy spots.  When we arrived at the rv park, there was an rv-washing party…the campground granted use of their wash area for the occasion.

We FINALLY have phone service—hooray!!!  And we have an hour of wi-fi, so I can get the blog posted.  I tried last night, but it timed out twice, and then my time ran out.   Hopefully at our next stop we will be back to being connected again…at least for awhile.

It was chilly when we got up today, but quickly warmed up to the 80’s.  There were a few raindrops later in the day when we had a birthday party for our wagon master who hit the big one (60) today! 

We head to Fairbanks tomorrow…another long driving day…only 202 miles, but expected to take about 7-8 hours.  Roads will continue to be bumpy, but that only adds to the adventure!!