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Chicken Saloon

Chicken Alaska

July 28, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Caravan Stop #7 – 110 miles. We stayed at the Chicken Creek RV Park. This was by far the hardest drive with the worst roads. Took 5 hours to drive 110 miles.

Gold Panning and struck it rich (3 flakes). An old timer named Steve, and his grandson taught us how to pan for gold. They literally took a shovel of dirt from a pile and plopped it into my pan. In the end, I had 3 flakes of gold!

Drove to Eagle Alaska to visit the small community and get a city tour from the local pastor. Very interesting place. The mail is flow in every day which includes most supplies. Population of 87 today.

Chicken Creek Saloon – Panty Cannon. One night we went to the saloon for an evening drink where the bar tender, who has a master’s in quantum mathematics, loads a cannon with gun powder and stuffs panties / underwear into it and fires it straight up in the air. We had 3 guys and 1 gal who donated. Using a scissors, their partner cuts the under garments off (cuts both sides) and pulls them out. Wow – what a bang! Below is a 3-1/2 minute of the process, and a short video that just has the firing in slow motion.

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Sour Toe Cocktail Club
Kelly joins the Sour Toe Cocktail Club

Dawson City

July 26, 2026 / / 1 Comment

Caravan Stop #6 – 335 Miles. Our longest drive of the Caravan.

We stayed Dawson City RV Park. Nothing special RV park, but it did the trick.

Dawson City is the home of the Klondike Gold Rush in August of 1896.

On our first evening, Pam and I went to Bombay Peggy’s for cocktails. Wow – great cocktails. So good, we had 2 and brought friends the next night for a night cap.

The second evening went to Sourdough Saloon and joined the Sourtoe Cocktail Club by drinking a shot of Whiskey that contained a mummified “Real” toe. You can drink it fast or you can drink it slow, but your lips must touch the toe! Pam and I both joined the club. It comes with a signed certificate from the captain.

After eating and doing the toe shot at the saloon, we headed over to Diamond Tooth Gerties for a cancan show.

The group had a very nice walking tour of the downtown area. Highly recommended. The history is amazing.

Pam and I drove 100 miles up the Demster Highway to experience the start of the Arctic Tundra. It can be a rough ride. We made it to the Continental Divide.

We drove up to the Midnight Dome Lookout where there were great views of the city

Leving Dawson City, we needed to take a free ferry across the fast flowing Yukon River.

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Lumel Studios
Lumel Studios

Whitehorse and Skagway

July 21, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Caravan Stop #5 – 253 Miles: Pioneer RV park in Whitehorse, YT.

We spent 3 nights in Whitehorse. The first night, we had drinks at Woodcutter’s Brewery.

On day 2, we had a group Glass Blowing event with Lumel Studios where Pam made an ornament and Kelly made a glass bowl. Super fun and we would both do it again. We will not get our works of art until we pass back through Whitehorse on our way back from Alaska.

Pam and I hiked Miles Cayon which has the Robert Lowe Suspension Bridge. We made our way out to a small rock island with a quite bench to sit and enjoy the fast-moving river down the canyon which was disturbed by a speed boat cruising down river (was actually pretty cool). We all saw a helicopter coming back from dumping water on the wild fires.

On the third day, the group took the White Pass Summit Rail and Bus Excursion to Skagway in Alaska. The train ride was great. They had Cruise Ships in the harbor and we enjoyed beer at the Skagway Brewing Company.

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2026 North To Alaska Caravan
2026 North To Alaska Caravan - 27 Airstreams / 54 People

Caravan Starts in Dawson Creek

July 12, 2026 / / 1 Comment

Caravan Stop #1: The caravan officially started on July 12th at Northern Lights RV in Dawson, Creek which is the start of the Alaskan Highway – Mile Zero. A very nice full service campground. On site restaurant and very clean.

The Alaskan Highway was built in 9 months during WWIII. Amazing effort to build this 1,700 mile road and all the bridges needed. Wow.

Pam and I had breakfast at Don’s Diner which is in the Airport. The food was outstanding and huge portions. We watched 2 helicopters take off and land.

We had dinner at the George Dawson Inn restaurant and Makenna from the visitor center gave a highly energetic presentation on the town and the Alaskan Highway. She also has a jeep and so she put a duck on our jeep, so we gave her a pink duck (it is a jeep thing).

We visited the Kiskatinaw Bridge (curved bridge) where we met a nice family from Taiwan (Kitty, her husband and their daughter Anne). Really fun people.

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Great Grey Owl
Great Grey Owl

Red Rocks and Waterfalls

June 23, 2026 / / 4 Comments

After Coulter FaBaylls, we stayed 7 nights / 8 days at Red Rocks RV Park; a full hookup RV resort. We went a few hikes and visited local sites. Mostly, we relaxed and enjoyed full hookups.

On one drive, Pam saw Great Grey Owl while driving. She pulled over quickly, and we got some great pictures of him.

We took a short drive to Big Springs Idaho and visited the Jonny Sack Cabin built in 1932 by hand. The cabin and furniture.

After Red Rocks, we traveled to Campfire Lodge and Resort. A cool little campground on the Madison River. Lots of Fly Fishing here. More details next week.

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