We drove 65-miles on the “Top of the World Highway” to
the Alaska border crossing. The road was gravel, but was smoother than
expected. However, there were a few sections that were “washboard” and very,
very rough. I slowed down from 35-40 mph to about 15-20 mph for those sections.
We arrived at the border crossing around 3PM and stopped
to take a few photos. The highway on the U.S. side of the border was brand new
smooth asphalt for about 10 miles to the turn off for Eagle, AK. Then it
reverted back to a gravel road again. 
We decided to overnight at a BLM campground named Walker
Fork Campground, about 20-miles east of Chicken, Alaska and we “boon-docked”
for the night.
Friday morning we stopped in Chicken for breakfast. Chicken
has a population of 30 people and there is no city water, sewer or electric
service.
Chicken got its name because early miners wanted to name
their camp ptarmigan, but were unable to spell it, so they settled on Chicken,
the common name in the North for ptarmigan.
We drove on to Tok, Alaska where we spent about an hour
washing the mud and dirt off our RVs. We ate lunch at the popular Fast Eddy’s
Restaurant in Tok, fueled up, and then headed for Delta Junction for an
overnight.
Along the way we saw a car stopped on the road shoulder and
we assumed the people had spotted some wildlife. We slowed down to take a look
and there was a moose cow in a pond next to the road. She kept going under water
to eat vegetation, and then come up shaking her head. It was fascinating to
watch.
Vince & Lisa were ahead of us and missed seeing this
one particular moose. However, they did see a moose cow and her baby right on
the edge of the campground before we got there.
On Friday morning, June 27th, before we left Delta
Junction, we all stopped by the visitor’s center to see the marker for the official
end of the Alaska Highway.
Then we drove 95 miles to Fairbanks where we plan to spend
four nights.
Steve & Julie Cornelius
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