We got an early start and didn't have to wait our turn for the ferry. We drove right on. The 'Top of the world highway' is a little over 100 miles of dirt road. We are not quite to the end of it yet but most of it is behind us. We averaged 20 mph so it took a while. The town of Chicken was named by some gold miners who had wanted to name it, Ptarmigan. That is an artic bird that is abundant in this area. Unfortunately, no one knew how to spell it so it turned into, Chicken. That is supposedly a true story. There is a small airport here called, "the Chicken strip". The annual music festival is called "Chickenstock". We are on Alaska time now, that's 4 hours earlier than eastern time
Wow didn't know Alaska had their own time zone! Sounds like the trip is so far a nice history, trivia lesson. Have a great time, thinking of you all. Pat
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