We were on the road again on Friday. We began the 13 hour drive from Skagway to Fairbanks, through Yukon Territories and the interior of Alaska. We had mix of good and bad luck along the way. The most consistent thing was absolutely beautiful scenery.
We got through the Canadian border pretty easily. We forgot to fill out the online ArriveCan app before getting to the remote border crossing an 30 minutes into our drive. That was kind of silly, because we did that 2 months ago when we went skiing in Canada. Anyway, the day before, they had installed wifi at the border, so we were able to reinstall the app and complete the form and continue. Otherwise, we would have had to go back to Skagway.
After a quick bakery stop and drive through Whitehorse, we continued to Alaska. The weather was variable (rain,sun,rain sun) which enhanced the views. We saw Elk and then on a lonely stretch of the Alcan Highway, we saw what we think is a brown (grizzly) bear right on the side of the road (note hump on his back).
As we approached the US border, we had a bit of bad luck. The road was pretty bumpy from thawing permafrost. All the sudden we heard a loud noise I looked in the side mirror and say a large object fly off our camper. After quickly stopping, we saw it was our RV awning. It was in many pieces that had fallen off the camper. We had a love-hate relationship with the awning. It is (was) a little temperamental (working when it wanted too). We have 5,000 more miles to decide if we want to replace it.
After crossing the US border, we drove another couple of hours without any problems (on better roads) we stopped at a beautiful campground outside Tok. It was a marvelous clear night and the sun did not go down until 11 pm. All night it was twilight. All in all, it was a good day. We got to hear many hours on our 32 hour audiobook and see fabulous scenery and amazing wildlife.
I am so sorry to hear about the trouble you had with your awning. Hopefully, the view from your campsite that night offset any sadness.
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