This was the view out of our window in our "leftover" and free spot on Alascom Rd. just north of Sheep Mountain. No services, but we're self-contained - so glad there were no spots left!
We continued on Friday and met up with Loogpla Cowden and her guy, Curt, for lunch on the road just north of Glennallen - then continued on to stay on the Nabesca Rd. in the Wrangell Mts, while they continued west to Delta Junction - we were told we might not find a spot on the Nabesca Rd., but did and also did a pretty good hike there, 7 miles round-trip up to the Caribou Cabin - kind of a monotonous hike in that it's up a gravel maintenance road, and we didn't have time (or maybe energy) to go beyond there for what is supposed to be a great ridge hike. The view was gorgeous though, up and back.
Saturday we camped at a BLM site - we were the only people there besides the host, and besides the mosquitos, another really great spot. The "host" didn't know why the 4th of July campers hadn't made it up that far. Very nice outhouses and free firewood!
Then we got to Chicken, a tiny spot far enough north that it wasn't getting dark at all. So Chicken, we understand, has a Chickenstock Festival every year (think Woodstock) but this year it's been delayed til August due to the Coronavirus. Things were pretty closed down but we managed to score some old Chickenstock t-shirts for grandchildren presents and to have a nice lunch out on a sunny patio.
I'm glad we went, and the terrain was different and striking enough to be worth it all in itself - but the roads were terrible enough that we decided not to do the many miles further on Top of the World Highway (dirt road) to Eagle.
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