Our drive along the dirt and gravel road that was "Top of the World Highway" would have had beautiful views except for the constant rain cloud. We arrived in Chicken, AK near the Canadian Border. Chicken was named because the two prospectors that founded the town couldn't spell "ptarmigan". Ptarmigan is a bird that was quite prevalent in this area and was known to fill many a gold miners cook pot. Chicken has a year round population of 15, but that swells to 30 during the summer. There are a couple of restaurants, a couple of shops that sell gifts and Chicken shi-... uh, stuff, and a bar. We ate at one of the restaurants and bought a couple of T-shirts and some other Chicken shi-...stuff, supporting this fine town with a little bit of cash.

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