Chicken, AK
We made the easy drive today from North Pole (Fairbanks) to Chicken. We made our first stop in Delta Junction, official end of the Alaska Highway to get photos to pair up with the start of the road in Dawson Creek. We thought about a certificate that said we'd completed the drive, but weren't about to pay for it. Besides, we weren't quite done, since we turned off at Tok (75 miles down the road) on the way up.
After pictures, we completed the highway and stopped in Tok for free fudge (had a coupon), a fuel fill, and lunch. We then headed up the Taylor Highway, aiming for Chicken for the night. This is the "alternate route" back to Whitehorse, a little longer but supposedly more scenic. We'll see. This route has long stretches of gravel as opposed to the frost heaves on the Alaska Highway. We'll definitely know which is better when we're done!
As the story goes, the founders of Chicken wanted to call it Ptarmigan, after a local bird species, but couldn't spell it and decided it looked enough like a chicken anyway. It's hard to believe that this are supported hundreds of miners in the Gold Rush days, since the population is less than 25 today.
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