Bright, warm morning. Left Tok RV Village campground at 9:00 a.m. Mailed letters at the Tok Post office on our way out of town. Traveled with Noreene and Jeff Totten. Stopped at the Delta Meat Market. They sell reindeer, elk, buffalo, and yak meat products. Purchased some buffalo sausage. The American flag out front was at half-mast in honor of Senator Byrd who passed away.
Stopped at the end of the Alaska Highway – Delta Junction, AK – Milepost #1422 . We took many pictures, shopped at the gift shop, and bought our milepost “1422” hat pins (to go with our Milepost “0” hat pin).
Stopped at Rika’s Roadhouse where we ate lunch, which included “home-made” crab and corn bisque. Very good with a dab of Tabasco sauce! Our tailgunners, Spence and Madi Schaaf joined us for lunch (we were the last units on the drive to Fairbanks, AK). We toured the extensive and beautiful, historic roadhouse grounds.
Stopped at the Knotty Shop. Took the “Milepost” inside, showed them their advertisement and received a free ice scream cone (flavor-Java Mash-up). Nice gift shop.
Arrived at River’s Edge RV Park and campground about 5:00 p.m. The weather continued to be mostly fair and warm. The road conditions-the Alaska Highway and Richardson Highway were, for the most part, very good. There was some construction, frost heaves, and loose gravel (far less gravel than we e3xperienced 10years ago driving the same route).
We saw vistas of forests, lakes, mountains and rivers, and in some places, miles of fireweed along the highway. And we saw a cow moose grazing in the parkway soon after leaving Rika’s Roadhouse. Good sighting by Noreene. We took some photos of her.
All in all, 207 mile trip was interesting and relaxing. We arrived at River’s Edge, collected our forwarded mail, and anticipate the next few days of activities in the Fairbanks area.
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