Today should be a shorter day again. About 250 miles to go; it should take about 4 1/2 hrs.
Beaver Creek is about 20 miles from the Alaska border.
44 degrees this morning! Brrrr!
Made it into Alaska finally!!!!
Customs was not a problem again. Soon I was on my way towards Tok. There are many snow-capped mountains off to the southwest.
West of Tok is the Tanana River bridge.
Tok is just basically a small town built around crossroads. I turned south towards Glennallen.
A sign at this stop told of Lt. Henry Allens exploring the Copper River and Tanana Valley area in the 1880s. “His information about the interior benefited the gold rushers who came later.”
Here’s my little Burrito enjoying a rest stop:
My campground for the next 2 nights is going to be the Tolsona Wilderness Campground, which is about 12 miles south of Glennallen. It is truly in the wilderness!
To get to my site in the back by the creek, I had to go across this bridge:
I could hear the babbling brook!
The sites are very private. I could not even see anyone else or hear anyone! No, I was not scared and didn’t feel alone. It was just a peaceful, serene feeling being there.
When I had called for reservations weeks before, they said there were companies in Glennallen that operated van tours to McCarthy and the Kennecott Mine village that I wanted to visit. So when I got unhooked and settled in my spot, I went back to the office. They were able to call a tour operator in town and I made arrangements to get picked up the next morning in Glennallen. [The reason I am NOT driving myself is because the road to Kennecott is gravel and very rough and not wise to drive oneself.]