Blogs from Yukon, Canada, North America - page 9

L' hôtel tres bien, pour le prix ils peuvent. Pas de tv, plus d' internet, pas de sorties possibles, dodo de bonne heure, égal réveille tôt. Pdj dans la chambre, j' avais prévu, départ 7h30. 3kms arrêt travaux, je redémarre tres lentement, sur les indications du préposé a la circulation, 1km plus loin je suis 30kmh, il est la devant moi, a 30m, sur la côté gauche de la route. Un bel et gros ours noir. Il me regarde, traverse lentement, son poil noir, luisant est magnifique sous le soleil. Le temps de prendre l' appareil photo, que j' ai toujours a portée de main, le mettre en route, zoomer, il est dans le bois. la photo sera pour le prochain. Plus loin, a 5 kms, dans une zone de construction de pylônes électrique, un orignal, ... 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

Our announced time for leaving this morning was 9 am. As I left my room, I ran into Terry (the gentleman from Ontario), who told me that we'd moved back to 10 am because there were still problems with the bus and Sherry was trying to get another coach. When we met up at 10 am, she said that she'd gotten a different bus, but it wouldn't start, so no go, regroup at 1 pm. The town is laid out on a grid, with Front Street along the river, then 2nd Ave, 3rd Ave, etc... The cross streets are named streets. So I wandered along 3rd and 2nd Avenues, then down to Front Street and the trail on the dike along the river. Walked to the Visitor's Center and asked if the ferry took pedestrian passengers. ... 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

Joyce and I decided we would give our guys a driving break this morning. We both pulled behind the wheel and off we went down the road. We both are pretty comfortable driving, but it does not hurt to do it every now and then to keep in practice. About 50 miles down the road Jon comes on the radio and says "We are stopping. I think we have a flat". Sure enough, this time it was a flat on their truck. Joyce is now three for three flat tires and has about had it with those darn rubber things. After getting the flat tire off the truck (5th wheel trailer still attached to truck), we headed down the road to Whitehorse. Thank goodness Whitehorse is a big town... They were able to test the tire ... read more