Post 4, June 27 to July1

Post 4

 June 27, Laird Hot Springs CG to Watson Lake CG

Bright sonny day saw bears along the highway. Got to Watson Lake around noon and set up camp. Went into town to the Sign Forest, the Northern Lights museum and movie, and out to the airport for the historic Airport Terminal Building. Then part of us bought fishing licenses (a whole $36 for the season in the Yukon) Best buy we have found. Gas dropped back to $1.19 a litter, but groceries are really expensive. Coke a 12 pack is $8.99, so was cranberry juice, and water $11.99 for two gallons. Eggs $5.99 for 18 eggs! Hoping groceries will be cheaper in Whitehorse, we’ll see.

Back to camp and everyone but I went down to fish at the lake. Been grouchy off and on today, especially when the clouds came back in this afternoon. They are burned off now, nice blue skies. Light all night long as far as I can tell, sun sets but still is light. Weird!

 

June 28, Watson Lake CG to Yukon RV campground at Nisutlin bay at Teslin

Saw very little wild life this stretch, one bear before Teslin is all. Campground Yukon Motel & RV park and gas station dusty, but did have electric, dump and laundry. Went to the Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre and George Johnston Museum. The George Johnston Museum had a 1928 car that the guy (Johnson—first nation native) bought without any roads in his area. He had it brought in on a freight boat! Ate out at the restaurant, 17.99 for cubed pork. Very good and large portions. Ended up making two nights dinners.

 

 June 29, Yukon Motel & Campground (Teslin) to Whitehorse

Staying in Hi Country RV Park at the intersection down to Whitehorse. Trees between the spots, but narrow roads and strait in parking. Guaranteed to have a tree or a post in your way. Nice campground other than that. Arrived and went downtown to the Visitors Center (miss marked in the GPS). Always makes that a challenge. Had to read blue signs! Found the bank and an ATM by accident. 

Larry & Jerry at the Museum ?

 

 Watched a video at the visitor’s center and picked up the usual information. Found Walmart, but it was not a super Walmart again. So ended up at the Real Canadian Superstore. 

June 30 Whitehorse to Skagway

Left the fifth wheel and trailer at the campground and drove down to Skagway, about 100 miles. Raining hard when we left in the morning, the two kids just slept most the way. Dry in Skagway. Found the Library for a printing issue for the Lutes, and then found Broadway with all the cruise line tourists. Wasn’t too bad until noon. Then got really busy. Drove over to the beginning of the Chilkoot trail, pretty drive. (right out of Skagway), where the goldminers were let off for the Yukon. Found a cemetery but no ruins for the town. Only a brown bear and her cub for wildlife yesterday.
 

Our Paleo diet is working pretty good, though we have been bad this week as far as following it. Jerry has lost weight on the diet, and I think we both feel better. Maybe it’s cutting out all the sugar, and artificial stuff. And it is not as hard to figure out what to eat and not to eat anymore.

 

 

July 1, Canada Day

Went downtown to near the park for the Canada day parade. Fun to see the Canadian Mounties and the bag pipes. No school bands though. They had some booths set up at the park, along with stuff for the kids to do. Like play fireman by sliding down an inflated slide, shot water at a house, save a stuffed animal. One thing is for sure, most places seem to have a play room for the younger ones, including museums!

Went to the Transportation Museum, lots of stuff from a whole train car to a mail sled. Then off to see the SS Klondike National Historic Museum (paddle wheeler). The annual pass we got has paid off at the parks and historic sites. Been getting our Yukon passport stamped at each site, makes that fun too.  Went from there to Miles Canyon. There were rapids in this narrow canyon before the dam was put in. Very pretty still and historic as the gold miners had to get through or around the rapids to get to the Dawson City gold fields.

Back at camp we barbequed early, and missed the usual evening rain. Most every day it has rained, except for a few days around Watson Lake area. Reminds me of Oregon’s Willamette valley.