Day 13 - Aug 16: Chicken and Salmon

Today the convoy made their way southwest to Glennallen, Alaska. Mike called and said he was really excited to be back in Alaska. Last night in Chicken, they had a chicken meal with the townfolks. Tonight, he was getting ready to go have a salmon fest in Glennallen.

AC'12 Day 16 travel route

While we were talking, he asked about what kind of viewing this blog was getting. As of today, the blog has had 2463 page views, not counting all the times I visit it. This is how the top audience countries breakdown:

All time viewing (country/pageviews)

US   1793

Canada   213

UK   144

Russia   111

Australia   37

Netherlands   19

Ireland   15

Argentina   11

S. Africa   11

Germany   9

Other countries that have shown up in daily counts include S. Korea and New Zealand. Besides country, I can get results based on the source URL (such as Facebook, etc.), search keywords, and even browser and device operating system counts! Kind of fun, in a nerdy sort of way.

- Ellen

Day 12 - Aug 15: Why did the Chicken cross the road?

To see the AC'12 Convoy!

Ok, I'm sure that people in Chicken, Alaska, have heard about every chicken joke out there. The AC'12 convoy is probably dishing the chicken jokes out like crazy tonight, as this is their destination.

After leaving Dawson City, Yukon Territory, and the Yukon River behind them, the convoy headed up the Top of the World Highway to the Alaska/Canada border station. When we crossed in 1979, it wasn't much more than a shack.

From the border station, they continued to west to Jack Wade Junction. Here the convoy turned onto the Taylor Highway.

The distance traveled today was probably one of the shortest. It will give the convoy participants a chance to check out Chicken (pop 23).

- Ellen