When we arrived at Chicken, we had to reset our clocks as Alaska is one hour behind the Pacific Zone.
Although the shadows were long, at 11:30 PM, the sun was still shining down on Chicken. When we went to bed, we had to hang a cover over the window to shut out the light.
Today we drove from Chicken, AK to North Pole (a town just east of Fairbanks). We anticipated a slow beginning – 80 miles of roadway similar to that we drove on yesterday plus 200 miles from Tok to Fairbanks. So...we decided to leave at 8 AM – we got up at 6 AM and were on the road by 7:45 – what a great beginning. Gayle finally got cell service in Tok, where she was able to talk with Heidi. During their conversation, they discussed the time difference from Mountain Zone – 1 hour??? Ooops!! Instead of moving the clock back from Pacific, I moved it forward. We were on the same time as Denver!! We actually left Chicken @ 5:15 Pacific. No wonder no one else was up and about!! We arrived in North Pole earlier than expected, too. Funny how that works. Our clocks are now on the correct zone :-). (Oh yah – about the sun at 11:30 last night – it was only 9:30. And we got up at 4.)
We were right about the first 80 miles. It took about 2½ . On the way, we were able to see Mt McKinley – from about 300 miles away. Even at that, it was awesome!!
The rest of the trip was interesting but routine. We saw 2 moose and we stopped at a local shop that has yard art constructed from burl wood. Very artistic, I must say!!
We arrived at the very well maintained Riverview RV Park. We will stay here for 4 nights before moving on to Denali. Tomorrow, we will visit the Arctic Circle – about 150 miles north of Fairbanks.
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