NORTH TO ALASKA 2015 - DAY 25-28 - EAGLE TRAIL & DRY CREEK REC SITES

We left Tok, Alaska, and decided we were going to head South instead of West. Our next goal was going to be Valdez on Prince William Sound. But we weren't going to go there all in one day. We would take our time.

Traveling about 200 miles a day or less is our goal. As we were driving along, after only 19 miles, we made a stop. We saw a sign for a Alaskan State Rec Site called Eagle Trail. We figured we would drive through and just see what it looks like. I wasn't feeling the best, so I really didn't feel like traveling a long distance today anyhow. 

We pulled on in and found the campground to be designed in four small loops. There were a few other campers there, but not many. We pulled into a nice little loop that had trees surrounding us but an open patch of sky above for reaching the satellites for Starlink. 

This was a nicely designed campground!

Steve walked over and paid for the campsite. We thought this was interesting on the sign: 

So, in other words, if you don't pay on your honor and take care of your campsite fee, it's an extra $2 if the concessionaire running the campground has to come and collect it from you!

I decided to shred up the leftover meat from the chicken thighs we had baked. I made up some chicken scampi over rice with fresh vegetables. It was nice to have fresh vegetables again after our stop at the grocery store in Tok.

Steve had picked up some Alaskan beer from the Denali Brewing Company. So he had a well-deserved beverage after dinner. 

I put on my comfy jammies and curled up and went to sleep for the rest of the evening. Because it stays light out so long, we have reflectix pieces we put in each window. Not only do they block out the light but they also help retain our heat inside on the cold nights that we have been experiencing.

By the second day, I was feeling a little bit better and we got out and about and did a little walk with Nicholas. He was getting tired of being cooped up. He does not like to walk with Steve at all. He puts on his little brakes and drags all four paws if he is more than 25 ft away from our camper if I am not along. He considers Steve sufficient enough to get out and go potty and come back in on a leash. But he definitely does not want to go for walks with only Steve. 

What a little nut...

We met up with two other couples that were also traveling in the same brand of motorhome that we have.  They had spent the winter down in Arizona and now were coming back to Alaska. They live in Anchorage and we're hoping to get an early start the next morning and blast their last distance of 300 miles towards home and sleep in their own beds.

They warned us they would be leaving between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m. We heard them go and wished them well.

Steve had noticed these interesting bear-proof garbage cans. On the video link below, you can see why he found them intriguing.

By the nect morning I thought that I was ready to get up and get moving again. We were heading in the direction of Glenallen, but I wasn't sure how far I wanted to travel this day. We just played it by ear... 

The weather was absolutely beautiful after being kind of rainy the last 2 days.

This road was one of the craziest ones we've been on so far. It really wasn't too bad with potholes or frost heaves that broke the pavement. Instead it was just all dips and sways like roller coasters! It's like the blacktop surface flexed and undulated along with the movements of the ground underneath. The ones that made us dip forward and back weren't too bad, but the ones that made us dip side to side could catch us off guard.

I don't think the camera can even capture the effect of what these roads were doing. We drove on surfaces like this for over a hundred miles. It really wasn't that good for someone who was having an upset stomach. Ugh!

It was some of the most beautiful scenery ever though. It was along the Wrangle Saint Elias Mountain Range. I took some photos, and shot some video which is also on the YouTube link below.

It was amazing that the tops of those mountains were hidden by the clouds. They felt like we could just reach out and touch them.

They look chiseled and sculpted in ice with their bluish purple hue and the bright white snow was almost blinding. We found we had to wear sunglasses because it was so bright.

I didn't take many more photos but there is a little footage on the video about the next campsite we pulled into. Dry Creek recreation area is where we decided to stop. It was just a few miles further down into Glenallen. So this was a good place to hunker down for the night.

Here's the YouTube video link that goes along with this post: 

19 miles to Eagle Trail, 

Then 122 miles to Dry Creek

3,580 miles so far