We
continued the journey toward Alaska today.
We’re now about a day’s drive from the AK border.
The Route
We followed the Alaska Highway (YT-1) for 259 miles from Watson
Lake to Whitehorse. Interestingly, the route snaked in and out of British
Columbia with no signage to announce leaving or reentering the Yukon Territory.
We crossed the continental divide near Rancheria and traveled
along the Swift River, Teslin Lake and Marsh Lake.
About the Day
We awoke to a sunny morning and were on the road by 9:30am.
Scenes along the way …
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| YT-1 heads west |
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| It’s pretty desolate |
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| View of the Cassiar Mountains |
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| The highway just goes and goes. |
We met Doug and Linda Holt at a viewpoint outside Teslin. They’re
from Hot Springs Village, AR (which is kind of near where Dick’s sister Bobbie
lives). Doug has traveled the Alaska Highway fourteen times and has never
driven the Top of the World Highway.
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| Hi to Jim and Bobbie from the Yukon! |
Teslin was the largest town we passed and it wasn’t very big.
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| Bridge to Teslin |
Yukon River as we approached Whitehorse
Highway conditions …
Today was much like yesterday with many long stretches of pretty
good road and a number of rough sections where the surface was being rebuilt.
The construction areas came with stopped traffic, loose gravel, rutted surfaces
and lots of dust.
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| There's nothing like tank truck dust to make your day. |
Did you know?
The YT covers 186,661 square miles and has a population of 37,566 with
27,678 residing in the capital of Whitehorse.
The YT maintains 3,014 miles of highway … 7.2% is paved, 51.3% is
bituminous surface treatment (BST) and 51.3% is gravel. Paved surfaces feel
like driving on silk compared to BST and clean vehicles are rare.
The YT is the only state or province we’ve seen where RV
campgrounds offer RV wash facilities.
The Campground
We’re staying at Pioneer RV
Park in Whitehorse. We chose a site surrounded by trees on a hillside ...
very pretty and peaceful.
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| Site #134 |
Tomorrow
We’ll learn some more about Whitehorse and use Tim Horton’s for an
internet connection.
Has anyone heard from Dick and Carol recently? It's been over a week since they have posted anything. I assume that there are some spots where the internet isn't as easy for them to access, but I would have thought that they would have found something by now!
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DeleteWhoops! My bad! I had been clicking "refresh" on my browser, rather than "newer post". All is well!
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