Aug 18, 2019 - Watson Lake Yukon

Made it back to Watson Lake today, just an overnight stop The roads were great but believe it or not, we were in Snow half the day. Snow in August geeeesh! 34 Degrees out right now and there is Snow in the forecast, Hoping we get out of here in the morning.

Aug 18, 2019 - Watson Lake, YT

Today we drove 270.7 miles in 4.5 hours to Watson Lake Downtown RV Park. We did stop for a lunch break along the highway at 11:45 just before going back into Yukon Territory. This section of the highway travels back and forth along the border of British Columbia, crossing many times. We also crossed the Yukon River that measures nearly 2,000 miles and is the fourth longest river in North America. It is the principal river of both Yukon and Alaska, draining 3/4 of Yukon and 1/3 of Alaska emptying into the Bering Sea. It is also the “focal...

Aug 17, 2019 - Whitehorse, Yukon

Today we drove to Whitehorse, Yukon traveling 164.9 miles in 3.25 hours. It was cloudy with strong winds from Destruction Bay. At first the wind was to our back for a while until the road turned then it was to our side. The mountain ranges are very cloud covered, not much of a scenic view of the mountain tops that normally are glacial. At Haines Junction we cut off to take Canadian Highway 1 to Whitehorse, Yukon. The Village of Haines Junction has a Memorial to Wildlife in the center of town as we turn north. Besides animals, there is a guy...

Aug 16, 2019 - Destruction Bay, Yukon

Today we were off to Destruction Bay RV & Lodge it was 4.25 hours travel time for 226.8 miles. Destruction Bay on on Kluane Lake (pronounced "Kloo-wah-nee"). The surrounding mountains are the Kluane Range. We left Trunda at 8:50 a.m. going next door to the fuel station first to fill up our propane tank. The road today is rough from the border to the Donjek River in Yukon. The Milepost says: From the 18th Co. Engineers’ pioneer road building in 1943 to modern engineering techniques of Yukon Dept. of Highways this section of the Alaska...

Aug 7, 2019 - Alaskan Highway Canada

Our first few days on the way to Canada were slowed with mechanical issues on our vehicle, then food borne illness. But that's all behind us now and we have traveled through British Columbia, and are on our way to Whitehorse in Yukon Territory. We are blown away by the beauty and vastness of the Alaska Highway through Canada, and enjoying every day in this amazing territory

Aug 3, 2019 - Destruction Bay

Had to leave Alaska to get to Haines. We are at a RV park I stayed at in 09 and it does not look like it will be here much longer. The Family that owns it have gotten older and illness seems to be taking it's toll. Dianne the owners sister has been trying to fill in but is tired and wants to let it go. Haines tomorrow.

Jun 25, 2019 - Whitehorse YT

Day 34 - 37, June 20 - 23 Hooked up and left Skagway AK for Whitehorse YT. Clear blue skies greeted us this morning so it was a really nice drive up through the mountains. It was only about 100 miles so even with stops we got to Whitehorse a little after lunch. After setting up we went into town to the Walmart and the grocery store for some supplies. The weather is nice here also with temps around 75 and partly cloudy skies. Tomorrow is supposed to be more of the same so if that is the case we will be going to the Yukon Wildlife...

Jun 17, 2019 - Dawson City, YT

Today's journey was 156.3 miles in 3 hours. We made reservations ahead in the campground in town so we could walk everywhere. We made a couple of stops at rest stops with historical markers. There were some rough patches on the road and some frost heaves appeared more than half way, but smoothed out the rest of the way. Lots of purple flowers along edge of road and trees forever in our line of sight. We crossed the Stewart River, then met the Klondike River that flows into the Yukon at Dawson City. There was some altitude changes. As we...

Jun 17, 2019 - Dawson City, Yukon

Dawson City was a strange little town with very big history!! Dawson City, Yukon is the heart of the world famous Klondike Gold Rush. On August 17. 1896, three Yukon "Sourdoughs": George Carmack, Dawson Charlie and Skookum Jim founded gold on Rabbit Creek, (now Bonanaza Creek), a tributary of the Klondike River. Gold seekers heading to the Klondike in 1898 were required to pack and carry their goods over the Chilkoot Pass. The list of supplies required for each man included 400 pounds of flour, 100 pounds of beans and 100 pounds of sugar to...

Jun 16, 2019 - Pelly Crossing, YT

We all decided that we needed a short drive today, too long to make it to Dawson City in one day. So, we only drove 3.5 hours to cover 183.6 miles. We stopped at the Pelly River Campground, on the First Nations land (Indian land). There was beautiful scenery with so many purple wildflowers lining the highway, such a delight to see. We occasionally pass an air-strip, the only clue being the windsock that was flying. We ran into more road crews building a new bridge as we crossed a temporary bridge. There was a lake with interesting colors...

Jun 15, 2019 - To Whitehorse, YT

Our trip today was 4 and ¾ hours doing 267.7 miles. It was a nicer drive today. The first half did have lots of gravel patches which we drove slow through. The 2nd half was smooth roads. Ahhhh! Our traveling companions have been at Whitehorse for 5 days enjoying the touring and even taking a 5-hour round trip drive down to Skagway to see the port and to shop. They were going to head on up towards Dawson City today but stayed one more day for us to catch up with them. There were areas that we could see our highway so very far ahead of us....

Jun 15, 2019 - Teslin YT

Day 26 - 29, June 12 - 15 A fairly long first day on our way to Fort Nelson BC. The road was fairly good but the scenery was just so so. Our second day had better scenery as the road wound its way through the northern end of the Rocky Mountains. We briefly stopped at the brake check area where we encountered snow on our last trip. No snow this time. The only downside was there was a large stretch of gravel road that required a slower speed. We arrived at Toad River campground shortly before lunch. Our site backs up to a small lake with a...