May 24, 2011 Tuesday Hi Country RV Park, Whitehorse, YK. 8348 starting mileage; 50 degrees at 11:00 Dropped down, literally, into town and out to Wal-mart parking lot. Wanted to purchase some more Puffs, as we had gone through 3 boxes with our colds. Valerie was also going through more batteries than we expected. Anyway, met with a bunch of our group hanging out there, then went over and filled our propane tank for the first time. It took 18.7 liters, so we were getting low. We are using more propane since we are doing more “dry” camping and the gas runs the refrig which saves big time on the house batteries. We really liked the very neat, well maintained town of Whitehorse, which is the capital of the Yukon Territory. Everything looked freshly painted. Although ... read more

Saturday, May 21, 2011 Watson Lake, YK. Starting mileage 8032. 57 degrees and very overcast. Last night when we walked around Wye Lake we could see the ducks on the other side of the lake—of course. We did, however, see a pair of red-necked grebes in the water and a northern shrike in the top of a tree. He sat and posed for Valerie for quite some time. After disconnecting and getting ready to go, we drove to the other side of the lake and spotted a bunch of loons, but they were out in the middle of the lake. After scanning around the lake, I located a pair of horned grebes. These were fantastic looking birds, and as are most birds we have seen at this time of year, they are in their breeding plumage. ... read more

May 19th, Thursday at Overwaitea Grocery Store Parking lot Really foggy this morning at 44 degrees. 7,704 is our starting mileage and left at 9:30. Filled up with gas first thing at $1.429 a liter and we took 78.589 liters. Drove by a ranch where they raise bison. For the next 200 miles we will be driving through the Canadian Rockies on the drier side, we believe. We climbed up 3,500 feet to the summit near Steamboat Mountain and looked over the Muskwa River Valley. If you go up, you then go down crossing many rivers, streams, and creeks. Passed a number of places that have either not opened yet or have closed for good. They are marked on the map so you think it is a community, but really is a couple of sad looking ... read more

Sunday May 15. Not with it today as I didn’t record anything in my notebook. No temp, no mileage, nada. I guess we had been moving to this “jumping off point” for so long that the process of recording the journey just shut down as soon as we reached Dawson Creek. In the morning, talking with other Trekers parked at Wal-Mart, we found out that someone had been by to inform the group of a local rodeo that was at the fairgrounds behind the Wal-Mart at 10:30. Valerie and I and the couple from New York decided to check it out. The first building we went into was holding a barrel racing completion. We watched 3 young ladies race—one horse and rider were excellent. It looked like things got started before the 10:30 time, as they ... read more

Friday the 13th Prince George Wal-mart parking lot. Starting mileage 7118 50 degrees. Partly cloudy. Got a late start as up and down last night with coughing, so tried to sleep in. Gassed up Rosie II the first thing. Must be a price fix as all stations in the area have exactly the same price for gas, $1.349 a liter in Canadian dollars, of course. Which means that a gallon would cost a little over $5.40! Started up and kept climbing all day it seems. Lots of ponds, overflowing rivers, wet land, snow in many spots. Saw two female moose in really shaggy winter coats. One small bear walking along eating grass on the side of the road. At a rest stop, along the swollen Fraser River, we saw a Wilson warbler, a very bright yellow ... read more