Blogs from Yukon, Canada, North America - page 10

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

Last night the rain began, but thank goodness it let up long enough for us to break camp and hit the road. We hit rain on and off all day, plus we encountered some of the worst perma frost dips (also known as frost heaves) we have seen yet. It's amazing the damage that comes from the ground slightly thawing under an asphalt highway. We successfully made it back into Canada and once we crossed the border the road proceeded to get even worse. It took us almost 7 hours to go just under 200 miles. We are in a small town just over the border which has only water and electric hook ups. No Wi-Fi or cable TV. Instead of sleeping the evening away, we had movie night. Police Academy 1 was the movie and ... read more

Left Whitehorse Tuesday morning to start the trek towards home. Stopped at the Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre on the way. What a history these First Nation people have and so friendly. The road is still pretty rough hoping for smoother trails once we head south. The road improved quite a bit once we hit the Stewart-Cassier Highway (BC 37), a narrow hard topped road but some beautiful scenery. Stopped for the night at Boya Lake Provincial Park about 81 km south of the Alaska Highway junction and BC 37. What a great place to stop, quiet and some great views out our back window. Will get on the road early tomorrow morning and hopefully make it to the junction of the Stewart-Cassier and the highway to Prince Rupert.... read more

Geo: 64.0633, -139.434The sky was overcast, threatening rain and smoky from a nearby forest fire when we hit the road at 9 am for the 5 hour ride north on the Klondike Hwy to Dawson City, a Yukon gold rush town that hit it rich around 1898. Our late start was due to our quest to find some wildlife (of the 4-legged variety) along the Yukon River at dusk (11 pm) last night. We didn't have any luck, but we did enjoy the river views as the sun began to set in the west.Leaving Carmacks, we followed the Yukon River north for a while, then headed through miles of timberland, with the clouds threatening overhead. We stopped for coffee at the Pelly River crossing, and followed that river for a time. At the Stewart River crossing ... read more

Geo: 60.1727, -132.719 We were up early to a chilly 37 degrees today, so we got out our Gerbings heated jackets and hit the road a little before 7:00 a.m. We continued north for the last leg of our journey on Cassiar Hwy 37 through the amazingly beautiful wilderness of northern British Columbia, passing a number of lakes and majestic mountain peaks. It was nearly 3 hours before hitting the Yukon border and finally the Alaska Highway at Junction 37. We took a little detour east to Watson Lake, where we finally had our first cup of coffee for the day and breakfast. By then it had warmed up to the 60's! We stopped at the famous Signpost Forest for photos and were amazed at the number of signs from cities all over the world. From ... read more