Brushkana River, Alaska - Paxson Lake, Alaska

Day 21 – Friday, August 19 2005
Brushkana River, Alaska – Paxson Lake, Alaska
Miles Driven: 120

Since it was so cold when we woke up, we quickly drank our coffee over the campfire and hit the road again. It was overcast so the mountains were not as visible but there were lots of small lakes and rivers along this stretch of road. We drove another 80 miles on gravel before the road changed to pavement. By this point we were getting a little tired of gravel roads and happy to be back on smoother ground. We reached the intersection with the Richardson Highway and drove south about 10 miles to Paxson Lake BLM Campground. As we were relaxing by the campfire, someone walked up and said something about our Idaho license plate. It turned out to be a woman I had worked with in Boise and her husband. What a small world, here we were 3,500 miles from home and we run into someone we knew! It was another cold night with the temperature reaching 30 degrees again.