May 24 2014
We decided to stay another day at this nice LM campground in
Northeast Alaska – Walker Fork. Since we
didn't go to Banff and Jasper due to weather problems it gave us the week we
had planned for that to do this Top of the World Highway excursion without
being pressed for time. The day started
with 38 degrees and cloudy. It was
off/on sun all day with a high in the 50's.
Needed a jacket and a cap due to the wind. We have a great view out our front window and
we are watching 3 ducks swim around as we write this blog entry. We are going to have to look those guys
up. We don't have any of these kind at
home.
Last night we had four other
campsites occupied. It was very
quiet. Tonight we have four other groups
of campers but it remains quiet peaceful.
We really expected more people here for the holiday weekend but this
campground is a long way away from everywhere. Our kind of place.
Our laugh of the day came when shortly after breakfast we
took Scout on a walk by the creek. We
let him off leash to play in the water.
He decided to go check out the other bank and just as we were calling
him back we saw this motor home backing back down the road to get a better
look. We can just imagine the
conversation. Probably someone on the
passenger side spotted a black bear in the river as they crossed the bridge and
then as they backed back down the hill to get a better look, he was charging
across to attack two unsuspecting people walking on the opposite bank of the
creek. Imagine their surprise when we
petted him, gave him a treat and put him back on leash.
Otherwise we did some gold panning (still no nugget), got
the metal detector out a mess around with it a while, and did some hiking. We also decided to eat outside and then
experimented with a dessert cooked on our butane camp stove. We modified our peach cobbler recipe slightly
and cooked it in the skillet. It turned
out really well. Guess we better go hike
a little more.
Tomorrow we are moving
toward Tok and supposedly phone service and internet.
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