Travels of The Mercury: Alaska – Canada Travels 2014, Chicken and the Top of the World Highway, August 9th.

Going to Chicken, AK on the Taylor Highway.

Chicken, AK is worth going to just for the name and to drive the scenic Alaskan back roads. If you travel the Taylor Highway to the Top of the World you'll go through Chicken.

A big welcome to Chicken, AK.

The pavement becomes gravel before we get to Chicken but it's not as rough as we expected. Some sections are newly paved.

Chicken, Alaska.

More of Chicken, Alaska.

Chicken's giant Chicken made from old school lockers.

More Chickens.

And more Chickens to welcome you.

Chicken is a small community in the hilly north country of Alaska. You'll find, friendly people, nice lodging, camping, gift shops and chicken sculptures everywhere.

Everyone can get laid in Chicken.

You just have to love Chicken.

Distant views of the country along the Taylor Highway.

Here we are on Top of the World.

When the Taylor Highway crosses into the Yukon at what must be the loneliest border crossing between our counties, it becomes known as the Top of the World Highway.

People make cairns at the highest point on the Top of the World. There are hundreds of them.

Indeed Top of the World is deserving of the name. It follows a long, rounded ridge with 360 degree view of mountains layered into the blue horizon. The gentle slope of the ridge shoulders its way into the valleys below.

The Top of the World Highway. Not a road to be traveled during wet conditions.

It’s an outstanding scenic drive and again the road is good packed dirt and not as bad as expected but wouldn’t be very good in wet conditions.

The Yukon River from the Top of the World.

Our camp site at the Yukon Provincial park along the river.

We watch a paddle boat from Dawson City go by from our camp.

The Top of the World Highway ends at the Yukon River at Dawson City and we decide to camp at the Yukon River Provincial Park before riding the ferry across the river.