Friday, June 23, 2006

Rest places on the Alcan

Mile 497 - Trapper Rays Liard Hot Springs Lodge. This is across the street from the hot springs. It is log construction has a pretty good restaurant and 12 rooms. Lois and I stayed here when the weather was wet and wild.

Whitehorse - Robert Service campground is privately owned and is located on Robert Service Way on the South Access road. It is about a 15 minute walk north to downtown and right on the Yukon River. Also has showers and it is for tent camping.

Haines Junction - There was a good Swiss or German? restaurant on the west side of the road just as the road turns north to Alaska.

Tok - Fast Eddy's Restaurant was a big restaurant used by truckers and tour busses. Seemed almost like a big city restaurant in the middle of the wilderness. We liked the food and it was pretty full, lots of trucks.

Mile 173 - (14 miles west of Glennallen toward Anchorage) Tolsona Wilderness Campground and RV Park is only about $12 a night. There is a centrally located mens and womens bathrooms with showers. That's the place i had 2 flat tires after driving towards home from Dawson City. The slow leakers caught up with us at the same time.

Mile 113.5 Sheep Mountain Lodge has good food and it is a well kept up place. Lots of flowers. Log buildings. Good place to stretch and get a snack if nothing else.

3 comments:

grandmajean said...

Hey Mark and Lois,
That is a great way to prepare those travelers for where to stop. Please keep these references for Ralph and me when we travel up there in 2012! Ralph always gets some great comments when he says we will be heading up there that year. It doesn't hurt to have a goal and dream some. Supposedly that is the year he will retire and we want to do a little travel including a trip to Alaska

Anyone else want to go then? We have some friends that want to go, sometime, including our Pastor that, praise God, has turned the corner for the better. More on Pastor Paul in the near future...

northberger said...

Yeah, Faith and I may want to go then. I'll just check my schedule and get back to you...

ms said...

That's the year i was going to retire and come down to Minnesota.