Trip In Review: The Best and the Worst

  • The most striking view from the car:  Matanuska Glacier, mile 106 Glenn Hwy., AK 
  • Most tasty pastries:  Rhubarb fritters, Chilkat Restaurant & Bakery, (Haines, AK)
  • Most delicious dessert:  (tie) Double Muskie Pie, Double Muskie Restaurant (Girdwood, AK) & Peanut Butter Pie, Fast Eddies (Tok, AK)
  • Most disgusting shower & incredible display of mold: (tie) Alaska Dacha RV Park (Hope, AK) & Mile 0 RV Park (Dawson Creek, YK)
  • Most depressing overall scene:  (ironically) Hope, AK  
  • Best coffee:  Tasty Byte Internet Cafe (Dawson City, YK)
  • Most intriguing musical group (as heard on the radio):  Sasquatch Prom Date
  • Most depressing road sign:  Border crossing 240 km. Road construction next 200 km. (Yukon)
  • Loveliest campgrounds:  (1) Takakkaw Falls Campground Yoho National Park, BC (2) Waterfowl Lakes Campground, Banff National Park (3) Brushkana River Campground, AK 
  •  Most difficult driving: Taylor Hwy. From Tok, AK thru Chicken and onwards toward the Canadian border
  • Campground with the nicest & most informative host:   Waterfowl Lakes Campground, Banff National Park
  • Most delicious camp dinner (eaten in the rain): Barbeque Pork Tenderloin & Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Snare River Overflow (Jasper N.P.)  
  • Best radio song:  "2 pieces of pie," Artist unknown (heard while driving through the Yukon)