WEATHER: Sunny. High around 70
We hadn't unhooked the trailer last night, so got an early, easy start from Porcupine State Park. We drove into Tok , Alaska, where we had been before, on our way west. With a gas fill-up, we got a free car wash, which we took advantage of. Our nice, shiny Airstream is brown with dust, and spotted with dead bugs and tar. We spent more than an hour washing it up. It looked almost like its old self, but we will have to deal with the tar later.
Then, five miles from Tok, we hit horrible gravel roads. It was an 80-mile stretch of road construction. We averaged about 15 mph. They spray water on the gravel to keep the dust down. What a mess. The trailer is now covered with mud and dust again.
We stopped for a picnic lunch. I made churzuki, or something like that. It is an easy sushi dish.....I added a bit of rice vinegar to cool rice, thn stirred in roe and dried seaweed strips. Quite good.
Before entering Canada, we bought some "cheap" USA gas.
We didn't have any issues with Canadian customs. We thought we might have to surrender our campfire wood or our vegetables, or my baby basil plant. They didn't even ask.
After driving for hours on these bad roads (the Alaska Highway), we stopped at a Yukon Territorial Campground. Nice pull-through sites, unsmelly pit toilets, free firewood, and only $12.
This map shows the places where we have been. We are on our way to Haines Junction, Yukon, then Haines, Alaska. 
It was a beautiful evening. It is the warmest it has been since Grande Prairie. We had to turn on the ceiling fan for part of the night.
DINNER: I made salmon burgers with the leftover filets. This time, I added finely diced onion and bell pepper to give it a crunch. For a side, I made Japanese cucumbers....sunomono. I marinated thin slices of cucumber in rice vinegar and soy sauce. Good way to eat the less-than-delicious, expensive cucumber I had bought. 
Unfortunately, the salmon patty seemed to grow, and we now have salmon burger leftovers.
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