Tomorrow - off to Alaska....Haines, our first stop. We will still be in Canada for July 1-Canada Day, but will be back in America for July 4th! Yay! The last several days in Whitehorse have given us the opportunity to tour the city, provision for the next few days, do laundry, clean the RV, talk to folks coming and going to Alaska to compare notes and get pointers. On our first day of touring, we were told at the Visitor Center that we were here for the start of the Yukon River Quest, a 740 km/460 mile paddling race from Whitehorse to Dawson City. There were over 70 canoes and kayaks at the starting line, some with only one paddler and some with as many as ten paddlers, all hyped up for the race! The riverbanks
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