After we left Palmer we headed back to Tok for an overnight stay. The next day we proceeded on to Destruction Bay AK. This is the only section of the Alaskan Highway that we have not traveled on on this trip and it is the roughest. Many frost heaves and sink holes due to the perma frost. Thery are experimenting with different road building technics to solve the problem but the road is just about the same as it was in our 2004 trip. Even though we had a breakdown on the rough road that is not the reason the borough is called Destruction Bay. The real reason is that during the construction of the AK highway a wind came up and wiped out the community. Current population 38 with 54 dogs.
It also has been rather cool. Note the fireweed flowers are all the way to the top of the stem. They say when this occurs winter is just around the corner.
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