TAYLOR HIGHWAY -- CHICKEN, AK AND DAWSON CITY, BC

August 10, 2016

Tok, AK

Had to try the Sourdough Pancakes and Reindeer Sausage in Tok.  Ed didn't win a free breakfast by tossing pancakes into a bucket.  Some GIRL beat him.  






August 11, 2016

Mount Taylor, for our granddaughter, Taylor.  Chicken, AK.  The story goes that the residents wanted to name the town Ptarmigan, after the Alaska state bird, but no one could spell it, so the named the town Chicken.  LOL





Top of the World Highway

We were so concerned about driving on this highway, it is 100 miles of dirt and gravel.  Actually, the conditions were better than some of the paved roads were on.  You should have seen how dirty the vehicles were when we finished, there must have been 2 pounds of dust in the engine of the jeep.  

Beautiful scenes.












Dawson City

August 12, 2016

Most of the buildings in Dawson City are originals from the Gold Rush Days of the 1890s.  The streets are unpaved, with wooden boardwalks.  Even though it is a tourist destination, everything is sort of laid back and relaxed.  One of my favorite places.

On the left is a picture of the dog who 
inspired Jack London's "Call of the Wild"
I must have read that book 5 or 6 times 
as a young girl, caught up in the romance
of animal stories and adventures in the far 
north.  






Left if Jack London's cabin.  He came north for gold, but never found any and ended up with scurvy and losing most of his teeth.  He still went on to write 56 books, countless magazine articles, road the rails as a hobo, built an ocean going vessel to sail around the world,(he made it as far as Indonesia), and ran a ranch in Montana.  He woke early in the mornings and wrote 1000 words every day.
All in a lifetime that ended at age 40.  
Makes me feel like a slacker, how about you?