If a Bear is chasing you - don't come in here!

Kluane Lake to the junction at Tok was an arduous road.  It was nothing but tundra and black spruce trees that had been devastated by fire and beetles.  We went through Destruction Bay, which is called that because all the buildings blew down in a storm.  We came to Beaver Creek and opted not to stop at Buckshot Bettys for lunch.  We did stop for diesel and this is what the gas station looked like.  I especially liked the bear sign!  One man was running the whole place, diesel, grocery, lodging, bar, restaurant, etc.  Guess that’s what you have to do out here to make it work!

They have something called the Shakwak project going on trying to deal with the permafrost.  And wouldn’t you know it!  Because this part of the Alaska Highway is primarily used by Americans going to Alaska, the US agreed to pay for the 300 mi-+les reconstruction of the highway!  Permafrost and tundra lakes called narns -- that's what you see!




At the US border crossing, we were questioned about what we had on board, and the agent went inside the camper and confiscated the small oranges called “cuties’ that we had purchased at Costco, plus, he triumphantly also came up with a lemon which we had forgotten to tell him about.  He said that all citrus would be taken, even though the packaging showed it was bought in the US.  Each crossing is different.  We especially liked this welcoming sign and the look of the road ahead!