Driving North to Chicken, Alaska

After leaving Tok, Eric
turns onto Alaska Route 5.

We are taking the Taylor Highway

North to Chicken.

A section of the road, past
Chicken, is closed every
night at 8 pm.

This road is not maintained.

We will be driving on large

sections of unpaved road.

Chicken is 66 miles away.

Eric plans to drive at 30

miles per hour.

It's a rainy day.

Surely the motorcyclists are

being extra careful driving

on slick pavement.

The Taylor Highway runs 

through some of the
earliest & richest mining
areas in Alaska.

Eric slows to 20 miles per

hour on rougher sections

of unpaved road.

Deteriorating sections of

paved road are well marked.

Chicken can be located

from the air.

The town  uses left over mining

equipment for their sign.

Let's park the motorhome and see what Chicken has to offer.