We are heading east and south, toward home, but we still have some places to go and adventures to enjoy before we cross into the lower 48.
Today was a travel day. We went north to Tok, AK on the Tok Cutoff. Boy was it bumpy and rough. Not real sure we saved any time by going this route but we did save miles. In Tok we dumped, filled up with gas and water and washed off the bugs and mud. Then we headed out on the Alaska Highway toward Haines Junction. This section is a constant drive over frost heaves, gravel sections, bumps and dips. With just a few stops we got as far as Destruction Bay, Yukon, which is on Kluane Lake and found a nice turnout to dry camp for the night. Its been a 12 hour day.
The turnout we are parked in is at Historic Milepost 1061, Soldier's Summit, where the official opening of the Alaska Canada Military Highway was held on Nov. 20, 1942. We walked on the original Alcan Highway looking at pictures and reading stories of the building of this infamous road now called The Alaskan Highway. The view from the summit of Kluane Lake is just beautiful!
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