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By 24TheRoad
August 26th 2007

North Pole, Top of the World Highway, Dawson City and other fun places

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Golf at Top of the World

North Pole We left Fairbanks and headed southeast to the North Pole. No not THE North Pole but the town in Alaska named North Pole. Of course there is a Christmas theme to the town. We noticed even a welding company had gigantic candy canes as part of the entrance to the company. Items that are mailed from this town are postmarked “North Pole.” Delta Junction This was our next stop. We took pictures by the marker for the end of the Alaska Highway, so now we have a picture at each end. We had planned to have dinner at [View Full Entry]

By SharkLady
August 26th 2007

ROADTRIP: Day Four & Five

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Beautiful Northern British Columbia

It is now 7pm here in Whitehorse and Amanda and I have finished our expedition for the day! After 1800 miles of traveling over the past five days, we are now EXTREMELY excited for those last 112 miles (by land) and 90 or so miles (by sea) before we get back to our humble little apartment in Juneau, Alaska!! It has been such an exciting two days of travel. We left the Traveller's Inn in Dawson Creek on Thursday morning and drove to Muncho Lake. Along the way, we were on Wildlife Watch because the second day of travelling on my [View Full Entry]

By SamnMax
August 24th 2007

Yukon Territories ( Dempster Highway)

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Von Alaska fuhren wir über den Top-of-the-World Highway Richtung Dawson City in Kanada. Der Top-of-the-World ist auf Amerikanischer Seite ein so genannter Gravel road welcher dem Auto ganz schön zusetzen kann…aber nicht unserem. Dieser Highway führt durch die Einsamkeit Ost-Alaskas und west Yukon Territories. Und er heisst wohl so, weil er über die Baumgrenze hinaus geht und man über riesige, wunderschöne nördliche Landschaft sehen kann. Bald kam die Grenze, welche leider geschlossen war. Dafür konnten wir die wunderschöne Abendstimmung bei kühlen 10 Grad beim Boarder geniessen. Leider [View Full Entry]

By Robyn Sally
August 19th 2007

Whitehorse to Dawson City and back

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Police car at Haines Junction
This car can fit through very narrow spaces!

On Wednesday August 15th Martha, Sally and I drove to Kluane. It was perfect weather for the scenic drive. We stopped at Haines Junction Visitors Centre where we saw a presentation about Kluane National Park. We went to the bakery and bought smoked salmon bagels for dinner and some things for a picnic lunch the following day. We arrived at Kluane Cabins Bed and Breakfast at about 6-30pm and enjoyed our bagels with a view of Kluane Lake. After dinner we went to the Kluane Research Station where we had a drink with Lyn and David. Alice was out for dinner [View Full Entry]

Martha, Sally and Robyn climbing Sheep Mountain

Martha and Sally enjoy dinner at Kluane cabins

Sally running in the 10km Discovery Day fun run at Dawson City

By Robyn Sally
August 14th 2007

Skagway to Whitehorse

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View from the White Pass and Yukon Route train

After arriving at Skagway on August 13th we got a lift from the airport to the Skagway Hostel. We dropped off our luggage and strolled around town. There were 3 large cruise ships at Skagway so there were lots of tourists in town! We found a good restaurant near the wharf where we ate halibut burgers. After that we saw the "Days of '98 show" about Soapy Smith who was a con man in the early gold rush days of Skagway. The next day we got up early to catch the 8 am train up the White Pass. We had fantastic [View Full Entry]

Sally & Robyn with puppies at Muktuk Adventures

By Col 28
July 22nd 2007

Skagway, Juneau & Whitehorse

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Skagway (1)
These cruise liners seem so out of place. Any character or charm that Skagway may have had was lost as a result of the 1000's of tourists squeezing down its little streets

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By Geoose
July 19th 2007

Alaskan Highway

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Day 4 July 17 482 miles taveled Out of the grain fields and into the spruce forests. Got onto the Alaskan Highway at Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Spent the night at a campground with a bunch of French Canadian pipeline construction workers. They are finding lots of natural gas in the area and will be piping some it our way. We also met a young couple from Green Bay and a couple of old geezers, like you know who, from Iowa at the camp ground. Also had a slight mishap with the laptop computer. A Geoose set it on a lawn [View Full Entry]

By LINZICA
July 14th 2007

Another season almost most over...

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RECOVERED

Hello Everyone! Well after reading Jenica’s blog it made me really want to write my own… however, mine is sadly not as adventurous or exciting! My biggest news is that Marcus (one of my best buddies from my last stint in the creek) came up to visit us with his friend Chris, and together we booted it to Dawson City. The top of the world highway was absolutely amazing and breathtaking, and Dawson City - once a rival of New York during the gold rush - was very cool with old buildings and hotels and saloons everywhere. It’s here that [View Full Entry]

By Woodsie
July 13th 2007

North of 60'

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RECOVERED

North of 60' North America » Canada » Yukon By Woodsie July 13th 2007Kluane National Park [View Full Entry]

By 24TheRoad
July 7th 2007

Whitehorse, Haines and Juneau

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Fish ladder by Whitehorse, Yukon

Whitehorse Beringia Interpretive Center had great exhibits. We watched some movies, participated in some spear throwing instructions and toured the exhibits. It’s a great place to spend an afternoon. Their website is: www.beringia.com. McBride Museum had a lot of displays on the gold rush. They also had Sam McGee’s cabin. He knew Robert Service and that is how his name was used in one of the poems. It was interesting to learn about his life rather than the life that was associated with the name in the poem. We’ll be passing through Whitehorse on our way home, [View Full Entry]

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