Tok, Alaska

You pretty much have to go through the town of Tok (rhymes with poke; population 1,500) if you’re driving to Alaska. As you can see in this photograph of the 4th of July parade, Tok is 93 miles northwest of the U.S./Canadian border on the Alaska Highway. You can also get to Tok by driving northwest on the Klondike Highway from Whitehorse to Dawson City (both in the Yukon), take the ferry over the Yukon River, drive over the Top of the World Highway to the northern most U.S. Border crossing, and then south to Tok. Both entering and leaving Alaska I stayed at the Sourdough Campground and Café, home of the Sourdough Pancake Toss. I didn’t win a free breakfast, but I’ll try again the next time I travel to Alaska.