Tonight we have Internet, but no cell phone service. Weird. Now we have to catch up again. Tuesday in Valdez, we went sight seeing, bought some groceries, did some laundry, and had tacos and margaritas for supper with Steve & Julie (from Colorado). Nice people to be with. At the mouth of a stream, we saw sea lions gorging on salmon that were running upstream. What an easy way to get dinner! On Wednesday we stopped at the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. It is the largest national park in the country. Also, very remote and has no facilities. There are 2 roads that go into the park. We took one of the roads for 34 miles while it was still paved. When you reach the gravel road, a sign says "Drive at your own risk - beware of railroad spikes in the road." Obviously, it used to be railroad before being abandoned. The ranger suggested going a few miles further because the Natives are salmon fishing with their fishing wheels. When salmon goes in the wheel, they become in the trapped in a tank. Later all a person has to do is net them out of the tank. Not too much action while we were there, but it was interesting. Today we traveled about 3 hours to Chicken. Just a little burg with an RV park, a bar, a retaurant and a couple gift shops. We are traveling the Top of the World Highway to Dawson City, Yukon. Part gravel road today - tomorrow will be all gravel road the 110 miles to Dawson City. You have to drive through Yukon and British Columbia to get to the southern Alaska coast (which is where we are headed to get on the marine highway). The weather was hot yesterday afternoon, but today we are back in sweatshirts.
Comments from Eldon: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is the size of 6 Yellowstones - the largest in the country and very under used. I'm glad we stopped there, most people don't. The ghost town of Chitina is at the end of the paved park road - it's trying to make a comeback but I don't think so! Today I learned to love pot holes. I don't have to worry about hitting wild life in the road - I only drive 25-2-30 mph. Today in the bar in Chicken, I met a prospector. So far this summer he has mined $15,000 in gold. He scuba dives to get it and uses dredging machinery, so not an easy job. I would think about claim jumping but too many guns in holsters. It is illegal to take your gun in the bar though - you have to give it to the bartender. Good rule!
Comments from Larry: Too many potholes - what are these people doing to me? I couldn't even take a nap today. The only chickens in Chicken are in the gift shop. The miners named it Chicken because they couldn't spell Ptarmigan.

Friday - lost my connection last night and could never get back on. We are now in Dawson City. Connection is too slow to do pictures. Another good day on the road though!