Peaceful day in Chicken!

July 11 - Today was a bit more relaxing!  No rush to get up and on the road.  I made some sausage biscuits for breakfast and we kinda chilled until it was time to leave for today’s activities. I put a beef roast in the crockpit as I wasn’t sure how long I’d had it and there was no label as to the kind of roast it was.  I figured I could shred it for beef tacos or cut it up for just meat.

After lunch we all gathered down by the river for gold panning.  An elderly gentleman explained how you use your pan to go from a pule of dirt and rocks to specks of gold.  They have a small sluice that we used and some of the group went to the river right behind us.  After 3-4 pans I was over it.  I do think we got some tiny flecks of gold when we first started but couldn’t get them into the tiny bottle they give you to put your gold in.  Bill thinks he put some in the bottle at the end of his sluicing but I’d be darn if I can see it.  They say to fill the little bottle with water after you get to your RV.  He did it but I can’t see anything.  I got tired of it and wasn’t impressed with the whole process.

Some of the group wanted to visit an old school within walking distance.  There is a guide here that takes people there so a group got him to set up a time and they went to it.

The town of Chicken has 40 some people living here in the summer.  In the winter they all leave except for the postmistress and postmaster who are a married couple.  There is no ground water and the power is all by generator.  There is no grocery store and the only place to get fuel is at the campground.  There is one small café that we ate at last night.  So this is a destination for sure. 

My beef was good!  We had half of it with some bbq sauce and I made slaw for the side.  Dessert tonight was the rest of the rhubarb crisp that was in the fridge for a few days.

It stays light here most of the night but since I’ve been here before I didn’t get up several times during the night to see how light it is.  It was nippy when we got up this morning but turned into a lovely day and it’s nice to have some down time.  Tomorrow’s drive to Tok (pronounced Toke) is only 80 miles so in the morning we will fill up at the pumps here and once we got there we will take the RV to a wash station before we check into our campground.  I think there will be a line of us for sure!  Since it’s a short drive day it’s our best time.  The following day is about 300 miles.  I’m also going to have a full hook up so I can do 2 loads of laundry or more!!