Departure day has arrived. The car has been packed and repacked. Goodbyes are said, though we both agree that it feels more like the start of a vacation than the final move away from Alaska. We are on the road and it is raining again. (30 straight days of recordable rain in Anchorage a record.) The destination is Tok, AK and a hotel. With this despicable weather we are glad to not be camping. We hit the road about noon after a send off by Cindy and Bart and a visit to the storage unit to pick up the roof top carrier.
It REALLY rained until Chikaloon, but broke while we were at Sheep Mountain Lodge. Their flowers were spectacular as always. The variable lighting made for some nice views of the mountains when the clouds were higher. There were almost no cars on the road so the driving was easy.
Our only moving animal sighting was two tundra swans on the Tok Cutoff. Lots of hunters parked on the waysides. (Sorry Jim, we didn’t stop to check out the freshness of the porcupine along the road.)
August 18: Tok to Haines Junction: 300 miles, 6 hour drive
The road from the Canadian border to Kluane Lake was very frost heaved, much worse than last September when we drove it. It RAINED, was windy and very grey today. There were 2 foot waves on Kluane Lake.
But all is not lost. We are able to watch CBC and BBC for news. YEA!
Well, it could just be coincidental, but we've had sun since you left. Go figure. Had 4 hours of sailing on Big Lake Wednesday and today is cloudless (but 38 degrees on the thermometer at 9 am). YIKES! Keep the posts coming.
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