Blogs from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, North America - page 3

Distance driven today: 273 miles / 439 km Cumulative distance driven: 592 miles / 953 km Today’s trip: Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Yukon spruce trees along the road: 237 million (give or take a few) Crushed bugs detected on the windshield: 3,568 Potholes on the first leg of the Alaska Highway: 873 The first leg of the Alaska Highway after Beaver Creek Yukon was in pretty bad shape. About 80 or so miles of the road were gravel, and some of the paved sections had lots of potholes. Apparently, the constant freezing and thawing of the ground, year after year, takes a heavy toll on the road. I asked the owner of lodge that I stay at in Beaver Creek, whether last winter had been cold or not. She replied that it ... read more

Un peu d' infos sur le Yukon, Sa superficie est de 484 000 kms (France 551 000) assez proche. Population 36400 habitants (France 65 000 000) La capitale Whitehorse 27000. Watson Lake et Dawson City 1500 chaque. La aussi ca laisse de la place pour les autres. Ces deux villes ont eu leurs heures de gloire a l' époque de la ruée vers l' or fin du 19 eme siecle. Aujourd'hui on en entend plus parlé pour des records de froid, ou la Yukon Quest la plus difficile course de chiens de traineaux au monde. Elle part de Fairbanks jusqu' a Whitehorse, 1660 kms, ou inversement, les premiers mettent 10 jours. Avec un repos obligatoire de 36 h a Dawson City, Dawson a été un peu la capitale des chercheurs d' or. C' est la que ... read more

First off, I need to put in a correction to something I said in my blog post about being stuck on the highway. I thought the nice couple in the camper went back to Eagle and told people we were stuck, but apparently, they found the construction camp and that's why the folks who showed up were the ones with the keys to the heavy machinery. Our first stop today was at the Beringia Center. Beringia is the name of the land mass formed between Siberia and Alaska during the last glacial period. They have a nice woolly mammoth skeleton, as well as a scimitar cat skeleton and a megasloth. They showed us a film about the center, and how the First Nation people of the area have helped in fossil collecting. Our second stop of ... read more

Die Fahrt war heute lang aber nicht wirklich aufregend: Waelder. Waelder. Waelder. Manchmal ein Fluss. Manchmal eine Tankstelle. Dann wieder Waelder. Unterhaltsam war eine Stelle, wo es Zimtschnecken gab; sie kosteten 10$ (7,50 Euronen), aber sie waren ganz frisch und RIESIG!!!!! etwa 30 cm Durchmesser. Wir teilten sie unter 6 Leuten auf und dann war noch was ueber. Bisher sind an allen Strassen so kleine Erdhoernchen gewesen; sie wohnen irgendwo in einem Bau in der Naehe und haben ungefaehr das gleiche Verkehrsgefuehl, wie der Sammy: ploetzlich stuerzen sie auf die Strasse, sausen wieder zurueck und sind voellig unberechenbar. Dabei schaut das sehr lustig aus, ungefaehr so wie ein ferngesteuertes Auto mit einer Antenne = dem Schwanz, der steil in die Hoehe ragt. Aber weil sie so verkehrs-dumm sind, werden sie auch oft Opfer von Autos. Und ... read more

About a half hour out of Haines Junction this morning, Jon and Joyce heard their tire alarm sound, and lo and behold: their THIRD flat tire on this trip. We all pulled over, put on our flashers; and the three boys got to work changing the tire. In Whitehorse, Jon discovered that the tire was totally irreparable. It was cut in at least 6 places. We all pulled into a Walmart parking lot in Whitehorse. Jon got to work figuring out a solution while the rest of us grocery shopped, debated what to do, and drank Starbucks coffee. Final decision was for the Ancell and Gerdes couples to haul on in to our next campground in Teslin, and await the arrive of the Osborns. By the way, I (Carolyn) hauled for a good bit today. I ... read more