Kenny Lake to Tok, AK (7/10/2017)

Day 27
Monday, July 10, 2017

Wellwood Center B&B in Kenny Lake, AK

We departed from the Wellwood Center B&B, went up the few miles of Edgerton Highway to head north on Richardson Highway, AK-4. At Gakona Junction, we turned northeast on Tok Cutoff/AK-1.

Gakona Lodge and Trading Post (1929),
the oldest operating roadhouse in Alaska

Cobb Lakes, a chain of three lakes, with two seen here;
today we cannot see any of the Wrangell Mountains

A short detour down Nasbena Road to the Hart D Ranch.

Apparently artist and sculptor Mary Frances DeHart has retired,
as her RV park and hotel complex is up for sale

Nasbena Road took us into the Wrangell-St Elias National Park and Preserve, the largest national park in the United States.

We found the culvert where you were to look for owls

A cow moose crossed our path

At Mile 16.6 we saw Kettle Lake, but none of the
significant peaks of the Wrangell Mountains

"Toilet One Mile"

We didn't bother to confirm the location of the toilet, but turned around to return to the Tok Cutoff/AK-1.

View of the Slana River, but no mountains

Mentasta Mountains, the eastern border of Wrangell-St Elias National Park

We arrived in Tok, AK, and turned east on the Alaska Highway/AK-2.

An Alaska Wood Stove you can sleep in

The Wood Stove Cabin has one door and one window

The entrance to Burnt Paw Gifts

We had lunch at Fast Eddy's, and stayed a second time at the Alaska Stoves Campground's hostel.
Kent did some laundry as I worked on editing photos.