Blogs from Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada, North America

Left Watson Lake. Very small town and everything in town closes down at 8 pm. Went to ck in to a very unique hotel which I will explain but since it was 7:45 pm the owner asked me if I had eaten yet, and since I had not told me we better go quick. Went to the only restaurant in town, Kathy's Kitchen and awesome home cooking. So good in fact we went back the next morning for breakfast The hotel, Air Force Lodge was an old air force barracks that was remodeled. Room had 2 single beds and that was the room. Down the hall was the mens shower room and next door was the mens rest room. Here is the info and history http://airforcelodge.com/ Very cool place and we met awesome people from all ... read more

We woke up to another nice blue sky morning. Today is supposed to be in the mid 60s. Since the local restaurant was closed for the holiday, we had breakfast in our units and pulled out of Watson Lake at 8:15. Incidentally Watson Lake with the population of 1,700 is the second largest town in the Yukon. Whitehorse,the capital and where we are heading today is just 25,000. The total population of the Yukon Territory is only 36,000. So….lots of elbow room. The drive to Whitehorse was rather mundane as the scenery did not compare to what we have been seeing. This stretch of the Alaskan highway is so remote that the infrequent approaching car waves. Although, another black bear just lumbered across the highway in front of us--they're really amazing! Interestingly, we have not seen ... read more

From Anchorage, we headed back into Canada and the Yukon Territory. First night, we camped at Beaver Creek, and last night at Otter Creek Campground in Haines Junction. Photos here pretty much document that journey, including dusty bumpy roads (LOTS of frost heaves; hard on rig and people). This is driving-most part of trip as we are trying to make time through some pretty isolated (and tough going) areas on our way to Stewart-Hyder area. We are averaging 200+ miles each day. I will be glad for some downtime, hopefully coming soon. The six of us played cards in our rig last night; and a great time was had by all. This is much better than traveling alone.... read more

SEPTEMBER 5 … yesterday and today have both been joyous days with cloudy-foggy-rainy weather … great alaskan weather, however, not conducive to photography, thus ansel adams and his sister marilyn won’t be sharing any pictures … plus that we have no wi-fi, though this campground advertises wi-fi … SATURDAY … we drove the first 35 miles of the denali highway and as we suspected only far enough on the gravel to turn around … the denali highway is above the tree line and tundra … we saw hunters everywhere but nary a caribou … the tundra was in purple and reds … as we suspected the blueberry bushes give the tundra that purplish color in the early fall … even with a papacy of sun it was stunningly beautiful … it is difficult to describe … ... read more

Well, we're now in the Kluane National Park (it's pronounced "Clue Arnie", in case you were wondering!). And blooming marvelous it is too. But before we get to that... Since I last published a blog, we spent a couple of days in the capital of the Yukon, Whitehorse. A surprisingly nice little town given that it's in the middle of nowhere. The town is sort of on two levels. The downtown area is at the bottom of the hill next to the Yukon River. The remainder of the town is on the top of the hill above it. Needless to say that our RV park was on the top of the hill. So we decided to cycle down into town; with a Force 10 gale helping us. Which was all very well, until we needed to ... read more