Mt. Sanford, Mt. Wrangell from Porcupine Creek area
After we left Tok, where we filled up with gas at $3.69 US per gallon, probably the cheapest gas we’ve had on the whole trip – except maybe in Alberta – we drove south on the Tok cutoff. Along the way we ran into a bit of rain, not much, and we stopped at about 3:30 at the Porcupine Creek Alaskan Forest Service campground, just north of Slana. It was absolutely empty when we got here, so we chose what looks like the very best tenting site, right near the little creek.
We got water from the creek, heated it on the stove, and washed. Just as we finished it started to sprinkle rain. Enid quickly took everything from the line while I was trying to finish getting clean. It didn’t rain a lot, but we did put up the tarp, which was a good thing, as it rained a lot more while we ate supper.
Now it has cleared up again, so things are back on the line. I am going to go find a dead tree to cut for firewood, to see if it will drive away some of the mosquitoes. The sign here says you can use deadfall for campfires.
Eventually it did clear up and wasn’t a bad evening. We got a couple of dead pieces of large willow, and some other deadfall to make a campfire — though it was very smoky. Later on a van full of tourists, probably German came in and set up, then left right away. They must have gone out to eat somewhere, though where around here I don’t know, as it’s very isolated. They did come back later in the evening, just about dark.