Where the Green Grass Grows: Happy Birthday Chase!

Day 2
1 July

Eureka, Alaska to Tok, Alaska
3hrs 46 minutes 189 miles

I'm going to write yesterday's post quick so we can get off and running to Canada today! Yesterday was Chase's 4th birthday! We had given him one gift the night before for the start of our drive; a stuffed toothless dragon from How To Train Your Dragon. He loved it and snuggled it the whole night. Then when we woke up in the morning in the cabin we gave him his second gift, a brown bear stuffed animal. He loves the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear and has been asking for a bear like that one, so I thought it would be something easy to take along in the car. He loved it too; now he's got buddies to play with on the long drive!

We slept in a bit because the night before was a long day, plus the drive for the day was only about 4 hours. Once we got up and going, we went to the Eureka lodge for lunch. I love this diner where you can get a cup of joe for 25 cents! Their burgers and fries are amazing, and even Jude thought so too! (see pic below). After filling up the tank and our bellies, we were on our way!

Unfortunately it was raining most of the drive, but we still had some great scenery (of course!). We did come across this gorgeous rainbow that we stopped to grab a picture of.

Everyone did well in the car and the day's drive wasn't too bad. We made it to Tok and immediately went to the gift shop we had stopped at on our way into Alaska. The kids picked out something special, and we enjoyed the amazing antler chandelier they had custom made recently.

After the gift shop where everyone got to stretch, we headed for the motel. It's definitely a hole in the wall motel, but I was pleasantly surprised that it was super clean, had a microwave, fridge, huge tv and free wi-fi! Can't argue with that! We got two rooms next to each other and the kids were enjoying running back and forth between the rooms; oh to be a kid again! It's the little things :)

Since there was a Three Bears Grocery store in town, we decided to hit that up for dinner. The kids picked out some microwavable dinners (I know, super healthy) and Hope and I got salad in a bag in which we topped with some kippered salmon from our fishing trip to Chitina. It was so good!

The kids were a bit excited but after sending them to their room with Hope, all settled down and it was time to sleep!

Tomorrow (today) we have a long drive to Whitehorse, Canada.

Will post again when I can!

Susan