Woo-hoo! More up and down hills for 40 miles, then smooth sailing for the last 12 miles into Tok, a real Alaska frontier town. Also real food and real accommodations. Wildfires are burning all around interior Alaska, including near Tok, and we saw the fire fighters at work. The day started off a little shaky when I was pulling up tent stakes. When I pulled out the last stake, a geyser of water sprayed up! I had punctured an underground water line last night putting up the tent. Oh well. Near Tok, we pulled into a truck scale and weighed ourselves and our loaded rig. Yep- you can read the scale for yourself – 600 pounds! No wonder pulling those hills is so tough! In Tok, we are staying at Burnt Paw Cabins. Cutest little sod-roof cabins you’ve ever seen. While there, we met new friends Horatio and Elaine Davis. Horatio is 82 years young and a veteran of three wars – WWII, Korea, and Viet Nam. He had us spellbound with his humor and stories. Tok is a fork in the road. We can either turn south and go to Anchorage, or continue north on the Alcan to Fairbanks. We’ll look at the options during a day off for the Fourth of July here in Tok and make a decision on our final Alaskan destination.