June 27th to 29th - Copper Center/Tok/Haines Junction

June 27th - Wed - to Copper Center
We had a short drive today to the Copper Center area, Klutina river to try some salmon fishing. We dry camped in an RV park right on the Klutina river. Larry caught a nice sockeye salmon. The fishing is kind of crazy and Terry gets irritated with it. People are standing about 8 feet apart on the edge of the river and it is a challenge not to tangle lines. When you catch a fish, because of the current it wants to come to shore down a bit from where you are standing. Some people don’t even stop fishing so you can land your fish.
The weather was lovely until about 6 when it poured rain for a while and then sprinkled a while longer. We sat out for a bit with a small fire and then called it a day.

June 28th - Thurs - to Tok/Beaver Creek
We left early this morning for the drive to Tok. We shopped a bit, had lunch with Larry & Barb and then parted ways for a few days. Larry & Barb are going on the Top of the World Hwy to Dawson City. We continued on the Alaska Hwy towards Haines Junction where we will head to Haines, AK. We were going to stop at Border City but a guy working at the service station/RV park ticked Terry off so we kept on driving. Crossed the border into the Yukon and stayed at Beaver Creek.
The road is terrible! There are many frost heaves so the going is slow or else you are throwing out the anchor all the time.
We chatted for quite a while with a couple from Vermont. They make about 300 gallons of maple syrup each year so it was fun to find out more about that process.

June 29th - Friday - to Haines Junction
Hit the laundromat before leaving this morning. A lady working at the RV park said the road is worse towards Haines Junction and she was right. Some of the highway is gravel (under construction) and is actually nicer to drive than the paved sections. Except for the fact that they water the gravel to keep the dust under control so we ended up covered in mud.
Thanks to Marg’s recommendation, we stopped at the Kluane Museum of Natural History on the way and really enjoyed it.
We washed off the worst of the dirt on the truck and 5th wheel at the wash station in the RV park before we set up. I walked out to the truck for something and smelled some wonderful Chinese food cooking so we splurged and went out for dinner.