Alaskan Roadtrip! Day 6 June 28th, 2012

Finally getting into Alaska!

Though obviously we enjoyed our time in Canada, the real goal of our trip was, of course, Alaska. Today would also be our first real experience with frost heave. With my light weight trailer, it was a lot smoother than for folks with bigger rigs which meant I passed a lot of people while going through the Yukon today.

We saw more bears today, a mama grizzly and two cubs plus several cinnamon bears, black bears with brown coats. There was also a moose we spotted standing in a river near the Alaskan border. Before we got to the border, we had to pass Kluane Lake, the largest lake in the Yukon. Also a very scenic tundra like area, it had lots of frost heave and plenty of construction work going on trying to fix it.

Eventually, we got to the border. After a few quick questions, we were allowed to enter Alaska! We were so elated we didn’t even stop at the sign to commemorate the event. We did however stop at a viewpoint to have dinner, where we got RAINED on, soaking us a bit but also providing us with a wonderful rainbow.

We got as far as Tok River, where we took advantage of the cell phone service after maintaining radio silence for the previous three and a half days. It was good to know everybody back home was surviving without us.