Blogs from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, North America - page 7

Well this morning I leave for Cairo, I am excited because this trip has a lot more mystery than my last adventure. In 2009 I had been researching Asia ever since I was 12 years old, I knew what to expect and even some common words in the local languages. This trip was not one I would have planned for myself which is quite exciting but has made preparing for this trip far less intuitive. The revolutions in Egypt, protests in Jordan, and the civil war in Libya have also made it more difficult to prepare but now that the day is here, I have no choice but to go get on that plane in a few hours and see where this adventure will lead, and it will be an amazing adventure. In a few hours ... read more

Packed up, went to post office and mailed grandkids stuff, picked up "Jeff Bear" from Jeff Turney. Bear is awesome!!! Went through Canadian customs with no trouble at all at 1:45PM. Now headed to Whitehorse, YT. Kluane Lake with its icy blue water looks like tropical water. Entered the Pacific Timezone. Spent the night in Whitehorse at Airport Chalet parking lot, the same as the trip up.... read more

Today was washing day. We did the laundry, we took showers, we washed the truck, there was a dog wash at the carwash so we washed Daisy, too. Then we hung all of Daisy’s beds and pads from the clamps that hold floormats to be washed and sprayed them all down with power wash and rinse. We set them out to dry because it’s actually warm and not raining. We got groceries for the next leg of the journey. At the grocery store, the carts are kept under a cover, which makes sense in the winter. All the caart are hooked together by chains. When you want a cart, you have to put a loonie in a slot and turn the key and then you get your cart. When you’re done with the cart, you put ... read more

This morning we cover about 70 miles of the same road that we traveled yesterday again passing Muncho Lake and Liard Hot Springs. As we get started we hit some road construction, and as we come to a stop we look to our right and there are some buffalo grazing along the right of way as if the construction crew had placed them there for our enjoyment. As we travel through Watson Lake toward Whitehorse the temperature begins dropping, unofficially around 43, officially pretty dadgum cool seeing as about three weeks ago we were all in 100+ degree temperatures. The weather goes from bad to worse. We now are looking at snow capped mountains, and begins a light but very cold rain. Traveling through the Southern Lakes Region of the Yukon we cross the third ... read more

When we were in Watson Lake at the visitor center at the sign forest, we found out about a Yukon tourism project that has Yukon Gold passports. The idea is to get you to stop at various interesting spots in the Yukon and have the passport stamped. If you get ten stamps, you can enter to win two ounces of gold. If you get twenty stamps, you can enter to win 5 ounces of gold. Well, my sister Janet sure got gold fever! We had fun driving around Whitehorse today finding interesting museums, etc. to get our stamps. Janet completed ten, including the ones along the way from Watson Lake and Carcross. We'll wait until after our return trip through the Yukon to turn ours in when we'll have twenty stamps! One of our stops was ... read more