Tuesday, September 22 - The first snow blanketed the Chugach Mountains as we rolled out of Anchorage at 2:30pm. There wasn’t much chance of making the 328 miles to Tok Junction by evening - our planned destination. We drove through light rain and then a heavy snow fall as we passed the Matanuska Glacier about 85 miles out. Nothing stuck, the ground was too warm.Glennallen was our default stopping place, but we didn’t find anything we liked and moved on, finally stopping at the Gakona Lodge, an old historic roadhouse that served horseback travelers more than a hundred years ago. We were able to park in front for free, and we got the bonus of WI-FI. I got our small generator out and started it up. We warmed up some lasagna and played on the Internet the rest of the night.
Wednesday, September 23 - On the road by 9:30am. Some travelers are up and gone shortly after daybreak, but that has never been our practice - 9:30am is timely for us. Ran through another heavy snowstorm before reaching Tok, but the early falling flakes soon melted. Stopped in Tok for gas and a few groceries. Crossed the border 90 miles later. The Canadian Immigration seized Mary’s pepper spray. We neglected to mention the two bear spray canisters carried in our back packs or they would, no doubt, have taken them too. The hundred and forty miles from the Canadian border to Kluane Lake is the worse. You cannot drive more than a mile on good, smooth pavement, before you come to a red flagged "frost heave" where the road is buckled and distorted - very jarring if you cross it at more than thirty MPH, and it can scramble the contents in the travel trailer. Camped at Burwash Landing on Kluane Lake (thirty miles long). Parked the trailer so the rear window looked out onto the lake.GO TO: Part 2
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