June 4-5, 2024 Back to Tok - Fun with Pancakes

June 4th, 2024 

We woke to a semi-cloudy day and we were on our way south:

Very interesting road:

What a joy to see this creature:

He even posed!:

Sights along the way:

It truly is a desolate road!:

We landed at Sourdough Campground.  We spent time here in 2007 and 2009 (in fact, our pictures are still on the wall from 2007).  They are famous for their pancake toss - Fun.

In 2007, Ken and Anne owned the park and it was entertainment every night.  In 2008, Ken passed from a snowmobile accident and Anne and her sons took over.  In April 2009 when we came thru, it was not open but we stopped to see Anne (God bless her!).  We did stop on the way back in 2009 and the kids were doing a good job in keeping it going.

Since then, it has been sold and they are trying to keep the tradition up.

Penny and Mike came by once they set up and we had a nice afternoon.

Andy and I went to supper in the restaurant for their Sourdough Bread Bowl Chile - it was okay.  Then we met up with Penny and Mike for the campfire and pancake toss.

Tim, the new owner and chef:

Pancake Toss - you have a pancake and toss it in the bucket.  If you win, you get $10.00 off for breakfast.  (The rules have changed from 2009 but that is ok.)

We each got a practice shot and then the real shot.  No one made it on the real shot but these folks made it on the practice shot so they got the coupons.  Penny and Mike made it!

The rest of us were losers - LOL!

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled: 79 (Very Bumpy) Miles

Routes Traveled:

Alaska:AK-5 (Taylor Highway);  AK-1 (Alaskan Highway); AK-1 (Tok Cutoff Highway)

June 5th, 2024

We met Penny and Mike for breakfast (Rhubarb Pie was AWESOME!) and then said our "see you laters".  They are off on their next adventure and hopefully we will see them along the way.

Today was a take it easy, planning day, get some stuff done day and just hang out.  And that is what we did!

Tomorrow we head towards Valdez so stay tuned and enjoy today.