Chicken, AK
We toured the area today, braving the gravel roads. We looked over all of Chicken, which took all of 15 minutes. Then, we headed for Boundary, 41 miles, just to check out what we're in for when we leave in the coach. It wasn't anywhere near as bad as people pretend. In fact, two caravans of RVs on commercial tours showed up going in the other direction before noon.We backtracked a few miles and headed north to Eagle, historically and mining and trading center on the Yukon River. We saw the Yukon River before, as it flows right through downtown Whitehorse. What we didn't realize is that its headwaters are less than 50 miles from the Pacific Ocean, southeast of Whitehorse, yet it flows 1,500+ miles on the north side of the Alaska Range and empties into the Bering Sea. Fascinating...
Anyway, it was an interesting, albeit long and dusty, drive. Wildlife sightings were slim (a hare, 2 chipmunks, and a couple of young moose), but the scenery made up for it. Much of the drive crossed an area impacted by fire in 2004, and the sight of the hills covered in purple fireweed was eyecatching.
We made it back to Chicken late in the day (early in the evening?) and were extra glad that Geri had set a slow-cooker of beef stew to perk while we were out. Excellent!
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