TWO PEAS AND THE POD: 💯DAYS in AK💚COMPLETING THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY💚

TUESDAY

ALASKAN STOP #38

PAXSON LAKE CAMPGROUND

Outside of Paxson, AK

This morning we finished up our travels along the Glenn Highway and then turned our sights on finishing the section of the Richardson Highway from Gakona to Delta Junction that we haven't seen yet.

After making a turn to the south in Delta Junction tomorrow we will once again be on the Alaska Highway and making our way to the Canadian Border for our exit from Alaska. We still have a couple of planned stops to make so we won't actually be crossing the border until the day after Labor Day.

If everything goes as planned, we will have spent exactly 100 nights in Alaska. By arriving the day before Memorial Day and leaving the day after Labor Day you too could spend 100 nights in Alaska. I'm not sure if that's true every year, but it's funny how that worked out for us this year!

But enough talk! You're here to see some photos right? As we approached the town of Glenallen we got another view of the highest peaks in the Wrangell St. Elias Mountains.

With the fog in the valley covering the base of the mountains and the clouds covering the peaks,
it made the entire mountain range look as if it were floating in thin air.

This next photo comes from the top of Hogan Hill on the Richardson Highway. It's hard too see in the photo, but the phenomena of many numerous small lakes in a small area labels them as "pothole lakes". So glad we didn't have to drive over them!

There is 140-miles between the towns of Gakona and Delta Junction along the Richardson Highway and the only town you'll find in that stretch is Paxson. The small town of Paxson (pop. 26) is very near the middle of that stretch and is where we stopped for the night at the Paxson Lake Campground, which is maintained by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Since it's a federal campground we get to camp here for half price using the $80 Lifetime Senior Pass we purchased when starting our travels. Believe me, have more than recouped that $80.

It was a pleasure to drive this paved remote highway, void of any towns, gas stations and traffic. You do have to come prepared with a full tank of gas and the ability to change a flat tire is necessary, because it could be hours before help arrives. There is thankfully cell phone signal along most of the stretch we did today, I hope that holds true for tomorrow's route through the Alaska Mountain Range.