Day 16 (6-16-12 - Moose Creek CG to Chicken Ak)

After traveling 4,333 miles over the last 16 days, we have made it to Alaska.  We left Moose Creek Campground this morning and went to Dawson City, YT.  We crossed the Yukon River on the George Black Ferry to the Top of the World Highway.  We traveled 65 miles on the Top of the World Highway in Canada, 14 miles on the Boundary Spur Road in the U.S.A., and 30 miles on the Taylor Highway in the U.S.A.  The road was extremely rough.  About 40 miles of it was paved and the rest of it was gravel.  The paved road was rough with frost heaves and pot holes.  The gravel road had loose gravel and washboards.   Most of the time the road had soft shoulders or no shoulders with DEEP drop offs.  The camper had not been opened and was full of dust when we stopped for the day.

We went through customs at Poker Creek, Alaska, (most northerly land border port in the USA.)  The population is 2, (one U.S. customs officer and one Canadian customs officer.)  The border is well isolated and has limited hours of service during the day.

We went 200 miles today and traveled 7 hours.  The only stop we had was in Dawson City for about 30 minutes.  It was a long, hard, traveling day for Lauren.

We are staying at Chicken Creek Campground in Chicken, Alaska.  There are so many chicken things here I think that we may start crowing and laying eggs before we leave.  The clerk in the store at the campground was wearing a chicken hat, flapping her arms, and clucking. It is a cute little place. 

We saw a cinnamon colored young black bear and a porcupine today.

It has been another great day. 

Pics. are here: https://goo.gl/photos/rxv2Thf8vUALsz449