The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-11-26

Darlan for a minute. They have {
nice place there. We reached Toll
Junction a little before noon bu
had lunch tefore going on. Upor
leaving there one goes off onto thu
| l'ok Cutoff. 1t is narrow and very
winding. There bad been ra along
there recently and it Was still lit
tie rough but quite dry. Half way
across the cutoff is a log road
house called Duffy's Tavern anc
we stopped here and had coke ans
talked with the lady and her par
rot. One must take a rest occasion
ally, you know.
Later that afternoon we made q
stop at Gakona and visited with
Mrs Bob Ditman the former Flor
enee Dobson who had been at the
Capitol with us at one time. BOZ
is working on the road there and
they are nicely situated and have
lovely baby girl She told us that
Trevor Davis had been along there
recently, too. Three miles on we
crossed the Richardson Highway
and started down the Glenn toward
Anchorage.
We spent the night that night at
Fazlina Lodge, 1856 miles from An
cGorage. According to the register
Or. and Mrs. Whitehead and DR..
Elantcn had been there a short
while before This is an exceptional
ly nice new log lodge with adjoin-
ing cabins. Very clean and Won
cierful food. There should be more
Ike this enc
The next morning (Monday) we
started cut early tor we had had
warning of snow and ice over the
pass. 1t turned out to be not SO
lad and after stopping at Summit
Lodge fcs breakfast we hit out for
Anchorage.
Soon after leaving the lodge the
highway starts to drop and in a
holt time We were out OF the snow
ana again on perfect road
And right here I want to say
chat the Alaska Road Conmiss. on
is doing great jeb of building and
maintaining the read system or at
any rate that part of it that we
covered.
AS we left Palmer or rather after
We had crossed the fridge between
Palmer and Anchorage we hit rough
going for about IS miles But they
are doing something about it at
least. We arrived at Rogene's home
N Anchorage at just neon on Mon
day. We had covered the 800 miles
from Haines to Anchorage in two
and a half days without driving too
long days nor too fast for safely.
On "Wednesday, October 10. at
noon we Left Anchorage again Tor
Seattle On rahreta Pass we found
a little more snow but tl3 blade
had been alang and it was like a
boulevard We drove to Gakona that
afternoon where we stayed ali night.
That evening the Ditmans came
over to the roadhouse and we had
a nice visit with them. Thursday
morning We didn't get away too
early but found the eutcff better
than when we came down and were
in Tok for lunch again
AS one leaves Tok going soueii
there is a long stretch of about 49,
miles that is perfectly straight
and smooth as a floor After we
cross the Tanana River it begins
to wind down past Northway June
ton toward Snag. Here we again
had to negotiate Canadian Customs
and this time we hit an oldtimer
who really gave us third degree
before passing us.
We made Dry Creek again that
night. 1t is a nice place and We
enjoyed it. Everyone is very friend
ly there. Next morning one OF our
tires was a little low and we had
it removed and found a small nail
in it. After having it repaired and
replaced we so gong again. The
temperature was 5 degrees above
zero and everything covered with
frost. But the sun came up bright
and it soon warmed up The road
was fine and we sailed along at a
coed clip. We slowed down as we
went around beautiful Kluane lake
past Burwash Landing for it is real
~ beautiful place. We hit snow
and a little slippery going on the
pass before we reached Haines
We stopped there for
lunch on Friday. Up to this point
we had been retracing our steps
Tut after lunch we started on a
new stretch of road. That after
neon we passed through relatively