Another 13 miles of rain and fog and winding, hairpin turns on a road that seemed to cling to the side of the mountain and the TOTW ended and the Taylor Highway began, leading us to Chicken. Each time the rain stopped, we thought it would clear, then big fat drops would splatter on the windshield once again, followed by bright sun.
At last we arrived in Chicken. It’s ian interesting little place. It has no electric grid and no public plumbing or water. The population varies between ~37 to 100 or so depending on the time of year. It allegedly got its name from the miners who worked here and wanted to name their town ‘ptarmigan’, but couldn’t spell it, so they named it chicken instead.