Friday June 10, 2022 - Today we spent the morning running errands: tires checked, Walmart run, grocery store, the bank. Then we found a park for lunch and as soon as we were ready to walk on the Millenium Trail, along the Yukon River, it started to rain. Luckily we were just walking past the McBride Museum, and we decided it was worth the $9 to stay dry. It was actually quite an interesting place. It gave a good history of the Yukon, and over the few hours we were there, we learned quite a lot about the area. The weather looked better, so we walked around town and then headed back to our new RV park, Pioneer RV, which was a parking lot, but at least we had power and electric.
Aunt Gerry took this great pic of the back of Tiny with the mountains in the background
another unique bench for my bench collection (at the McBride Museum - made from car doors!)
Two saloon girls trying to make a few extra bucks
We can't seem to pass up a face cutout photo op
It's Pride Month everywhere!
A totem pole in downtown Whitehorse
A nice trail along the Yukon River
Home for tonight
Saturday, June 11, 2022 - Just outside of Whitehorse, we picked up the Klondike Loop, which takes us to Dawson City and then the to the Top of the Wold Highway and Tok Alaska. This isn't the most direct route to Alaska, but if you're in the Yukon, you have to visit Dawson City (home of the gold rush) and you have to drive the Top of the World Highway. We decided to split the drive from Whitehorse to Dawson City in half, but there didn't seem to be any place to camp in between the two towns. We tried two different campgrounds mid-way and one was closed, the other (a free spot we found on iOverlander) was a bit of a muddy road that we were afraid we couldn't get out of, if it rained. So we had to keep driving until we got to a Yukon government campground that was only 96 miles from Dawson City. It was a beautiful campground with only a handful of people camping there, and we were happy to finally be able to set up camp around 4:00 (a little late for us!)
pretty drive out of Whitehorse
a mid morning hike at a rest area
a beaver dam off in the distance
a nice walk at a lunchtime stop in Carmacs
our first ice cream stop of the trip
even better than butter pecan...maple walnut
a happy bunch
a bench with wheels
the wildflowers along this section of highway were amazing (the yellow flowers we think are arnica)
lots of pine trees
more wildflowers (arctic lupines)
miles and miles of them
then the road went south
we were basically driving through a construction zone
Moose Creek Campground
the campfire seemed to keep the mosquitoes away
the campground had small wood huts, with free wood for campfires
loved the aspen trees behind our campsite
hike to Moose Creek
close up of the lupines
beautiful moss all along the hike
Moose Creek was running fast
moss and lupines
I loved all these different colors of the wildflowers, lichens and moss
not sure if this was a bear paw print?
prickly rose
the mosquito head nets do a great job of keeping the mosquitoes at bay
alongside Moose Creek
The drive from Moose Creek Campground to Dawson City was.....
miles
and miles
and miles
and miles
and miles of construction!
The final stretch into Dawson City. All along this section were huge piles of rocks, the tailings left from mining
Welcome to Dawson City!
The streets are all dirt
and the sidewalks are all wooden
a quick walk along the Yukon River
While Mirabelle and Gene and Gerry had a dog play date, Kev and I went out for a beer
We're hoping to see a show tomorrow night at Diamond Tooth Gerties
Mirabelle resting after her fun at the dog park
Our parking lot of a campground in Dawson City (Gold Rush Campground)
