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From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:50 am
by BirdbyBird
We made it over the Top of the World and are now in Haines watching bears and waiting for the ferry to take us on to Skagway tomorrow.

http://expeditionsandadventures2012.blo ... -city.html

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:49 am
by Bethers
Great post, Tina. Ouch for the couple who went over - so glad they are okay! I'm hoping the weather holds for me to take that route in September. Time will tell. Glad to know the bears are cooperating in Haines. Have you seen the surf scoters?

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:18 am
by Carolinagal
I remember that hwy !!! We took it going up and were on the outside , with the ground a long ways down when we had 3 huge trucks hauling road equipment coming at us. Big gravel under our tires, if you get to close to the side, you could go right on over. All this crossed my mind as we kept on going. Yes, I sure remember that hwy.

I'm so glad the couple who went over are ok, you can surely travel a long ways down if trees don't catch you, in some places. It is a beautiful drive and I am so glad I have done it once. That area and the Yukon, are absolutely gorgeous areas in my memory, the flowers everywhere.

This is the post I have been waiting for, Tina, wondered if you all went on or turned around and went back to Tok, this post answered that question.

Glad you all saw the sights and stayed safe,

CArol :)

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:27 am
by Sandersmr
What a trip!

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:54 am
by Redwahine
Wow. What an adventure. Beautiful sites. Glad the people in that A are OK. Great pictures. Be careful and stay safe :D

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:00 am
by Echo
Thank you for the gorgeous pics!!!

I am so glad that the older couple in the A weren't hurt. I feel so badly for them, they must have been so terrified.

What a trip and what memories.

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:40 am
by BirdbyBird
The road wasn't as bad as my imagination had told me it could be. There wasn't so much traffic on it that you couldn't plan ahead when something was coming towards you and there were more pull overs that I had expected. Every little extra foot of width mattered in spots. Yes, there were narrow parts and as CArol noted we were traveling east and not on the "outside" lip most of the time...therefore if we had gotten over too far we were most likely going to land on our side up against the hill. All that noted, I would recommend dry weather. Dust may not be fun but it beats slippery soup or "snot" as the fellow from Eagle explained to Sprinter back in Chicken. You drive slowly and you pass slowly and you are very careful about how much scenery you can afford to be distracted by when you are actually moving. You take the warnings seriously but driving carefully and keeping aware of the road conditions...it is not that difficult or scary. There were large 5th wheels and Class A's successfully navigating the road not just the little Class B's and Truck Campers.

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:32 pm
by VickieP
Okay now tell us the truth...are there 2pair of newly attached "granny panties" attached to the saloon ceiling? :shock: :lol:

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:55 pm
by BirdbyBird
Some things are just private...not everything needs to be aired and shared.....just saying 8-) :lol: Nan admits to hearing the loud boom but Herschel and I were sleeping so we don't really know.... And you are presuming granny pants :D If you have reviewed the People of Walmart site you know that thongs come in all sizes. :? :shock: :lol:

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:08 pm
by Paulette
My eyes, my eyes! OMG...too much information there! LOL. :lol: :lol: ;)

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:53 pm
by rvgrammy1953
:o :lol: :lol: :lol: I agree with Paulette...TMI.... :lol: :lol:

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:04 pm
by carold
We loved that drive. Did you get the "chicken t shirt"? carold

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:17 pm
by chalet05
You weren't as far ahead of us as I thought. We were parked by the road headed to Chicken and saw that Class A go by and later what I now assume was their toad. I didn't see much damage on the passenger side of the A - only a little on the front corner. Glad they people weren't injured.

Great photos....I'm not getting that many while 'on the road'.

Top of the World was well worth the drive - of course, I wasn't the one doing the driving!

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:55 pm
by avalen
oh wow, more and more, all I can say about Alaska is WOW

Re: From Chicken to Dawson City

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:56 pm
by ellenw
You've covered a lot of ground since Homer! I missed a few days.

I made the same trip back in 1981, but in a car. Did you get to Diamond Tooth Gertie's in Dawson City? Lots of fun.