Eagle Trail SRA Campground, Tok, AK

Tuesday: (08/30) We were up at 6am. Lou fixed chorizo hash browned potatoes with eggs for breakfast. We hooked up and were on the road a little after 7am. We wanted to avoid any traffic backups on the way in to Plamer that the Fair seems to cause by 11am. We turned on to the old Glen Highway so may not have needed to worry about traffic anyway. The Old Highway was a nice new route. We stopped in Palmer at Fred Meyer's for milk and gas. We enjoyed a nice mostly sunny day. Not even a drop on us even though there were some clouds. We seemed to have driven out of the storm that was forcast for this afternoon and tomorrow.


We stopped again for gas in Glenallen then headed North on The Richardson Highway to the Tok Cutoff.


We had a couple of construction zones with pilot cars but no long delays. The road was mostly good with just a few areas with frost heaves.


We stopped at the Eagle Trail CG about 15 miles before Tok. Lunch was olive loaf sandwiches. For dinner we had leftover BBQ ribs, baked beans, broccoli, and green beans. Since we're headed across the Canadian border tomorrow and since the weather is so nice, we had a nice campfire to burn all our firewood. Due to beetle infestations, firewood can't go either way across the border. In the evening I baked a bunch of sausage to freeze.
(GPS:63.16510144,-143.19843024)


Wednesday: (08/31) We walked down by the Clearwater Creek next to our camp and noticed that a moose had visited our camp earlier and climbed the river bank walked up to our camp and then returned to cross the river again. Too bad we missed him. Clearwater Creek lives up to its name because it is clear water, unlike all the glacier fed rivers. We walked the campground and noticed a trailhead for the Valdez-Eagle Trail outlook. This is part of the old trail from Valdez to Eagle.


Cotton flowers by the creek and a nice mushroom on the lookout trail.


The outlook provides a great view of the valley below. For breakfast we had leftover chorizo hash browns potatoes and eggs. We then hit the road about 10:30 toward Tok, 15 miles away.