North to Alaska Day 16 (Tuesday 5/17) and Day 17 (Wednesday 5/18)

In my last post, I skipped one whole day. That's what we get for driving too many days in a row! I told you that we arrived in White Horse, but I forgot to list all of the things that we saw between Watson Lake and Whitehorse. The items that I posted are sights that we saw between Liard Hot Springs, and Watson Lake and in Watson Lake. So.........

We left Watson Lake and were on our way to Whitehorse. We had barely left Watson Lake when we saw this beautiful Caribou crossing the road.


Caribou

Just before we got to the Continental Divide we came upon the Cassiar Mountains.


Cassiar Mountains


The "dry" side of the Cassiar Mountains


Closer to the Cassier Mountains

We made it to the Continental Divide!

Just past the Continental Divide we arrived at the little town of Teslin, situated on the Nistulin River and Teslin Lake. To cross over the river, you cross the Nisutlin Bay Bridge which is the longest water span on the Alaska Highway. The Nisutlin forms the "bay" as it flows into the Teslin Lake.


Nisutlin Bay Bridge


Village of Teslin viewpoint

Crossing the bridge was a little scary for me. It was an open grated bridge. When vehicles crossed it, you could hear their tires on the bridge all the way up to the lookout where these pictures were taken. The view was sure beautiful; however. Not far from Whitehorse we came to White Mountain. The mountain is named for Thomas White, then Minister of the Interior. The Yukon government introduced mountain goats to this area in 1981.

White Mountain

The lake that is in the foreground is beautiful Marsh Lake; which is a popular recreation area for Whitehorse residents. We arrived at the Hi Country RV Park in Whitehorse early Monday afternoon. This is our beautiful site here at the park. Monday evening while sitting around, we saw a large red fox from the motor home. I guess the fox is very happy here and the owners like having it around. It keeps the riff-raff out of the park!


Site 82 - Beautiful and Quiet

On Tuesday, we decided to stay for a couple of days here since it such a beautiful park with all of the amenities including good internet and phone. The city has a lot to see and do or just to relax. In the morning Roger and I decided to scope out the city and take in the MacBride Museum.

We started out watching a video about the gold rush to Dawson City. Then we visited the Yukon First Nations Tools & Bead Work area. After that the Natural Gallery which included all of the various birds and animals that are in the Yukon. I think that the only animals we haven't seen are a golden eagle, the polar bear, and any wolves (we aren't out of the Yukon yet; however). Downstairs is the room filled with hockey in the Yukon memorabilia. I really enjoyed seeing this display with some of the hockey history dating back to the 1900's. They even had some women's hockey pictures from the 1920's. The property includes Sam McGee's Cabin, the man featured in the poem; "The Cremation of Sam McGee" written by Robert Service. The poem has a few untruth's in it - but I won't bore you with the details. They also have the original 1900 Telegraph Office on the property as well as Engine 51 locomotive and the NorthWest Mounted Police Cabin. Very interesting - if you ever get to this area, stop by.

In the afternoon, Sue did a little wandering on her own and spotted a great salute to the gold miners quest and a beautiful view of the SS Klondike.