Mukluk Annie’s and Telsin Lake – July 2
We left Watson Lake continuing on the Alcan Highway at a reasonable time for us retired folks, about 10 AM. The morning was overcast but it made the green foliage seem even darker. An annoying noise has gotten louder. It’s generated somewhere low and to the left of the driver’s seat. Have to check it out later as it must just be some loose wire or something but with the rough roads up here it rattles often! We stopped in Nugget City, a small trading post, where Pat found a very pretty necklace of a dragonfly made of jade and agate, locally found stones. Dragonflies are welcome here as they eat mosquitoes! She also found some jade items for Grand daughters Ellie and Tiana.
Along the road we saw our first bear. It was a black bear that was just coming out of the woods and into the cleared area along the roadway. Couldn’t stop in time for a photo…this rig takes a lot longer to stop or to turn than a car! We are still getting two music stations from the XM radio but have now lost the news and other stations. Strange that the stations would have different reception but at the northern latitudes we are at now it’s surprising that we get anything.
The Ranchera River flows along the highway for quite awhile and it is really beautiful. Any reader should take note of this…the Ranchera would be a great river for rafting on a future trip or our next trip! The miles we paralleled have been wild with no human development along it and some short rapids. The river seems high to us with lots of nice water. We stopped for lunch at the Continental Divide Lodge. Up here the continental divide is not between the Pacific and Atlantic but the Pacific and the Artic Ocean. Dick had rhubarb pie with ice cream! We stopped a couple of hours later at Dawson Peak and had more pie. Pat found a Canada ribbon necklace. Note: Dick has decided that he needs a custom designed t-shirt emblazoned with the saying “Official Rhubarb Pie Taster for the Alaskan Highway!” That way he won’t have to tell the waitress why at each stop!
After Telsin Lake, a beautiful lake with gorgeous mountain backdrop, we crossed the Telsin River bridge, the third longest water span on the Alcan Highway.
About ten miles after Telsin, we stopped for the night at a well-known place called Mukluk Annie’s located at milepost 812. It is a Salmon Bake restaurant that advertises free RV campsites, free car wash and great food and they also offer a free nightly houseboat ride on the lake to all Salmon Bake customers. The campsite we took was a beautiful spot on the lower level behind the store and looked over a gorgeous lake with a mountain backdrop. The photo is a view from the back of our RV at the lake site. Almost no mosquitoes and swallows that nest in the dirt bank eat the few that are here!
We drove a few miles back to visit the George Johnson
Museum but it was closed. We had been told not to miss this by several folks but guess we will.
We met Al and Jill, some nice folks in the camper next to ours down at the lakeshore with their well-trained black lab. After having our first delicious Salmon Bake supper at Mukluk Annie’s we had intended to take the free lake cruise. However, instead we spent much of the evening trying to help Jill download the photos from her digital camera onto a CD so she could take more. Think our efforts finally worked. Despite not having any hook ups, this is the nicest campsite location we have had the entire trip! It’s both FREE and one of the quietest! Way too many RV’ers don’t take advantage of it.
We left Watson Lake continuing on the Alcan Highway at a reasonable time for us retired folks, about 10 AM. The morning was overcast but it made the green foliage seem even darker. An annoying noise has gotten louder. It’s generated somewhere low and to the left of the driver’s seat. Have to check it out later as it must just be some loose wire or something but with the rough roads up here it rattles often! We stopped in Nugget City, a small trading post, where Pat found a very pretty necklace of a dragonfly made of jade and agate, locally found stones. Dragonflies are welcome here as they eat mosquitoes! She also found some jade items for Grand daughters Ellie and Tiana.
Along the road we saw our first bear. It was a black bear that was just coming out of the woods and into the cleared area along the roadway. Couldn’t stop in time for a photo…this rig takes a lot longer to stop or to turn than a car! We are still getting two music stations from the XM radio but have now lost the news and other stations. Strange that the stations would have different reception but at the northern latitudes we are at now it’s surprising that we get anything.
The Ranchera River flows along the highway for quite awhile and it is really beautiful. Any reader should take note of this…the Ranchera would be a great river for rafting on a future trip or our next trip! The miles we paralleled have been wild with no human development along it and some short rapids. The river seems high to us with lots of nice water. We stopped for lunch at the Continental Divide Lodge. Up here the continental divide is not between the Pacific and Atlantic but the Pacific and the Artic Ocean. Dick had rhubarb pie with ice cream! We stopped a couple of hours later at Dawson Peak and had more pie. Pat found a Canada ribbon necklace. Note: Dick has decided that he needs a custom designed t-shirt emblazoned with the saying “Official Rhubarb Pie Taster for the Alaskan Highway!” That way he won’t have to tell the waitress why at each stop!
After Telsin Lake, a beautiful lake with gorgeous mountain backdrop, we crossed the Telsin River bridge, the third longest water span on the Alcan Highway.
About ten miles after Telsin, we stopped for the night at a well-known place called Mukluk Annie’s located at milepost 812. It is a Salmon Bake restaurant that advertises free RV campsites, free car wash and great food and they also offer a free nightly houseboat ride on the lake to all Salmon Bake customers. The campsite we took was a beautiful spot on the lower level behind the store and looked over a gorgeous lake with a mountain backdrop. The photo is a view from the back of our RV at the lake site. Almost no mosquitoes and swallows that nest in the dirt bank eat the few that are here!
We drove a few miles back to visit the George Johnson
Museum but it was closed. We had been told not to miss this by several folks but guess we will.We met Al and Jill, some nice folks in the camper next to ours down at the lakeshore with their well-trained black lab. After having our first delicious Salmon Bake supper at Mukluk Annie’s we had intended to take the free lake cruise. However, instead we spent much of the evening trying to help Jill download the photos from her digital camera onto a CD so she could take more. Think our efforts finally worked. Despite not having any hook ups, this is the nicest campsite location we have had the entire trip! It’s both FREE and one of the quietest! Way too many RV’ers don’t take advantage of it.
2 comments:
Enjoyed your viewpoint. That's Teslin Lake though. We stayed in a cabin at Mukluk Annie's on June 17 and spent the night under the covers because of the many mosquitoes at that time. This was our 10th trip on the Alcan, but our first to stay at Annie's.
not only is it NOT Telsin....its NOT Ranchera.....its Rancheria....interesting view points from the inside of an RV..???you people should get out of your RV. once in a while and experience the outdoors/flies/mosquitoes/loons etc.etc. etc. A hitchhiker
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