{"id":2263,"date":"2013-07-09T06:04:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T06:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2014-01-26T23:13:38","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T23:13:38","slug":"july-7-8-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?p=2263","title":{"rendered":"July 7-8, 2013, Tok Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"

Up at the crack of dawn to pull up our jacks and begin our journey back to the lower 48.\u00a0 Plans are to stay in Tok Alaska for two nights, then cross over into Canada for that horrid Yukon roads drive.\u00a0\u00a0 Big surprise came when we discovered that the road from Seward to Tok closely resembles the horrid conditions on the drive from Tok to Whitehorse Canada.\u00a0 It appears that all roads in Alaska need repairs after the winter weather plays its havoc on them.\u00a0 Every few miles we would see a sign that said, \u201cRough Roads next 9 miles\u201d with dirt road areas, huge frost heaves, splits in the road, sink holes and the sides split off and sliding away.\u00a0 Then we would see signs that said, \u201cgravel on road\u201d which meant that the road went from split, roller coaster pavement to gravel\u2026no pavement at all.\u00a0 One area of the road just outside of Seward was 18 miles of gravely washboard bumps the entire length.\u00a0 My back did not appreciate the 12 hour bouncing ride.<\/p>\n

\"Frost<\/a>\u00a0\"Sink<\/a><\/p>\n

Beautiful views of mountains, the Matanuska Glacier, blankets of lovely purple Fireweed flowers along the road side, all\u00a0bouncing and porpoise-ing\u00a0by our windows.<\/p>\n

\"Glacier<\/a>\u00a0\"Still<\/a>\u00a0\"Fireweed\"Fireweed<\/a>\u00a0\"Matanuska<\/a>\u00a0\"Matanuska<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

When we finally pulled up at Tok RV Village it was pouring rain, even though the weather report stated it would be nice for the next few days.\u00a0 \u00a0This is our second time at this RV Park and we are happy to be here and have 50 amp again so we slept soundly through the night.<\/p>\n

\"Tok<\/a><\/p>\n

The usual mishaps befell us along the way.\u00a0 Wouldn\u2019t be normal if we didn\u2019t have something fall off, break or stop working.\u00a0 When we stopped at Beluga Point, sadly missing high tide again, John opened the screen door and the handle fell off.\u00a0 An easy fix with an Allen Wrench.\u00a0 Another 100 miles and our passenger slide cover pulled loose from the wall and fell against the back of my seat.\u00a0 At least I wasn\u2019t driving this time.\u00a0 We are really becoming experts at make-shift repairs.\u00a0 One pvc pipe, white MacGyver tape and the insole padding from my shoes to secure the ends of the pvc pipe to the inside and outside RV wall.\u00a0 Didn\u2019t slip once the whole 300 miles to Tok.<\/p>\n

\"Temporary<\/a><\/p>\n

I got to sleep in this morning and it was wonderfully quiet until about 8am when the dog musher demo showed up with his excited dogs barking frantically to be hooked up to the sled.\u00a0 Once they were off and running, not a sound was heard.\u00a0 We spent the day fixing things.\u00a0 \u00a0John came to the rescue again, fixing the passenger slide cover with a drill and a new screw insert. \u00a0I called our buddy Bob Tiffin again and he will be sending us two windshield wiper arms, gratis. \u00a0We will keep our fingers crossed that the other one holds up until the new ones arrive.\u00a0 Making ready for our long haul into Whitehorse, Canada in the morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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