2019 Alaska Vacation Journal (28)

06/08/2019 / Travel Day – Sourdough Campground

Start Location:

• Gold Rush Campground RV Park
• 5th Avenue and York Street, Dawson City, Yukon
• 1.867.993.5247

Start Time: 7:00 a.m.

Mileage:  53,294

End Location:

• Sourdough Campground
• 1 Prospector Way, Tok, Alaska
• 907.883.5543

End Time:  12:00 p.m.

Mileage:  53,484

Cost Per Night: $49.00 USD
Weather: 43 - 63 F Rainy then Sunny
Route:

• George Black Ferry to Top of the World Highway / 9 North 
• 5 North 
• 2 East 
• Tok Cutoff (1)

Despite our adventure at Diamond Tooth Gerties last night; we were able to pack up and be on the road by seven. We were the only one in line at the George Black Ferry and traversed the Yukon River by 7:13 a.m.

GPS tried to take us on a tight backroad to get on to the 9 North. However, we were able to turn around when we figured out our error. We proceed onward on the dirt highway 9 North at a blazing 40 MPH.

We hit the Canadian / Alaska border right after it opened (9:08 a.m.). There were just a vehicle and motorcycle ahead of us. After a few questions (re: firearms, $$$, fruit) we were back on the road (9:15 a.m.).

The Top of the World (9 North) was paved on the American side; but just for a few miles. It stayed a rough and muddy dirt thoroughfare until the town of Chicken. Our vehicles were trashed – dirty and dinged.

We arrived at our campground at Sourdough Campground about none (US time). It has been rainy (including a hail storm) most of the day, so our space (E5) was petty muddy. It was raining so hard we had to skip the campground’s famous pancake toss!!!

Dawson City to Tok, Alaska

Packing up Early to Line Up for the George Black Ferry

We were First in Line for the George Black Ferry across the Yukon River

Day of Long Rough Dirt Roads

We Only had Two Vehicles Ahead of Us at the Canadian / Alaskan Border

Beautiful Vistas from the Top of the World Highway

Lunch Break at a Rest Stop

Truck, Camper, and Bikes got Filthy an Covered in Rocks

Lush Greenery Everywhere

The River Ran All Down the Valley

Our Spot, E5 at the Sourdough Campground

2019 Alaska Vacation Journal

1. Biking, Cheechako’s, Diamond Tooth Gerties (27) 
2. Dredge No. 4, Claim 33, Alchemy Café , Dawson City (26)
3. Travel Day – Gold Rush Campground RV Park (25)
4. Fish Ladder, Rotary Centennial Bridge & the S.S. Klondike (24)
5. Travel Day – Hi Country R.V. Park, Whitehouse (23)
6. Travel Day – Downtown RV Park, Watson Lake (22)
7. Travel Day - Bell 2 Lodge, Meziadin Lake, BC (21)