Tuesday

Here it is, the third day of October. The third day of my attempt at doing a post a day during October. Since I don’t feel like I have enough pictures to share about the work we’re doing this month, I was stumped about what to write about. So I typed “Tuesday” into my Flickr account to see what might give me some inspiration. And what should pop up but a Tuesday back in 2009 when we were in Chicken, Alaska!

“Chicken is a tiny unincorporated village in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It is a community founded on gold mining, and is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. The population was 12 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 7 in 2010.” Wikipedia
And from a different website –
The story goes that Ptarmigan (now the Alaska State Bird) were prevalent in the area, and supplied a crucial food source for miners in the early days. When the town got its post office and was incorporated in 1902 the name Ptarmigan was proposed. However, there were concerns that it was too difficult to spell. Luckily, the Ptarmigan has a strong resemblance to Chicken, and everyone knows how to spell Chicken.
That’s the story they told us too! We had a lovely overnight in this little town that basically consists of two gift shop/RV Parks,

three cafes (or reasonable facsimiles),

a post office

and apparently (according to the 2020 census) 12 fulltime residents!
We have such wonderful memories of that Alaskan Adventure! It truly was a trip of a lifetime. And our Tuesday in Chicken (with our travel buddies, the Stoners and the Carpers) was memorable indeed!