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[dwightr8]

We traveled from Dawson City to Tok today pulling a 28 ft tt. From Dawson to the border is mostly fairly smooth packed dirt with a few short sections of pavements. The dirt sections were fairly dusty but otherwise in good shape. Able to average about 40 mph most of the way. After the border is a section of about 10 miles of beautiful new pavement. After that is gravel till about 2 miles west of Chicken. Again it's fairly dusty and a bit rougher than the dirt on the Canadian side but no real problems. From 2 miles west of Chicken to the junction with the Alaska highway is paved with a fair bit of frost heaves and a couple of short sections of gravel. Overall not nearly as bad as I had anticipated. The whole trip took about 7 hours including a lunch stop in Chicken and a few other short stretch stops.

[hr0082]

About 35 miles south of Glennallen is the Squirrel Creek campground. We have stayed there a couple of times and it is a very pretty area. No services, but at $5 a night, it was just fine. We have also stayed at the Bayside in Valdez as well as the Valdez Glacier campground. We much preferred the location of the Bayside. If you want a more remote experience, go for the glacier campground.

[Fer2005]

Eagles Rest and Bayside were good for Valdez. We stayed at Sourdough in Tok and it was fine.

[trcgolf]

Did the TOW as well today...got in before the big rain
Staying in chicken, but I am not sure why. Good experience
Heading to Valdez thru Tok tomorrow. Will probably stay somewhere near Glennallen to break it up.
Any suggestions for Valdez or in between?

[dwightr8]

edbehnke wrote:
thanks, we're right behind you. DC tonight, fort st. johns tomorrow. weather has changed....brrrrr

We're in Fairbanks now. Warm here - high 70's and supposed to stay this way for the next several days at least. Encountered some smoke from Tok to Dot Lake but ok here. Tok Village rv was a nice place to stay.

Good luck.

[edbehnke]

thanks, we're right behind you. DC tonight, fort st. johns tomorrow. weather has changed....brrrrr