Muktuk B&B And Cabins Whitehorse

... family (but who needs that anyway).<br><br>Got mugged but the guy was a fag and only took two dollars. I didn't want a Snickers bar anyways. Too bad it wasn't enough for a bus ticket to ****menville, however I'm sure it was enough for a few hours with his mom. <br><br>Too bad this town is way too boring for cool stories.<br><br>Gussy Bear:<br> I've been trying to get a job here for the last six or seven months now, but this town does not ...

... But then we reasoned that we wouldn't see much on this trip if we had to make contact with civilization before each hike. So we continued with our bear bells, bear spray and first aid kit and made lots of noise singing silly songs (well that was mostly me) and we rewarded with a stunning vista of the lake and surrounding mountains all to ourselves. Obviously because you're reading this you know we lived to hike another day.<br><br>We camped that night at beautiful Kathleen ...

... McGee&#8217;s (yes, as in The Cremation of Sam McGee) cabin. Robert W. Service, the bard of the Yukon worked in the bank in Whitehorse. Sam McGee was a customer and friend. Service liked the name and asked if he could use it in a poem. The poem was an old Yukon tall tale. By the way, Lake LaBarge is just north of Whitehorse on the Yukon River. We will drive by it on the way to Dawson City.<br><br>We had picnic ...

... it before. Usually, it is things like the dish soap jumping out of the sink, or the toilet brush toppling over that we find upon arrival. But every trip is an experience and we learn to do things a little better each time.<br><br>I hope to be able to send this section out before we leave Whitehorse tomorrow. Otherwise, it won&#8217;t happen until we reach Anchorage. By then, I&#8217;ll be busy hugging Riley, so let&#8217;s hope the internet is working well tomorrow.

... earlier times of the town's history. Whitehorse is the Capital of the Yukon Territory.<br> <br>We toured an Old Log church Museum depicting early Yukon mission activities, First Nations (natives) and their interaction with newcomers in 1861.<br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ...

... Arts Centre. <br><br>Went to the Frantic Follies Vaudeville Revue show, and our cheeks hurt from laughing so much! It was a great show. <br><br>The campground is nice; however, our site wasn't very wide--had to move the tree branches out of the way while driving into it. It's in a very convenient location for getting to downtown.<br>

... Sourdough Rendezvous starts this week as well. We figure it is kind of like the Stampede in that folks dress up in 1890s costumes and there are events all week long. Instead of Family day/ Louis Riel Monday we have Rendezvous Friday as the holiday. We have our outfits, ready to party. Feb 24/09 We went dog sledding yesterday at Muktuk Kennels. This kennel has 127 dogs. A virtual dog city. It was really cool to help hook up the dogs then after careful ...

... our return plan date is a moving target. Kevin and Myra have postponed their wedding date from June 09 to ??? so, we've decided to rent our house in Canmore out until the end of July and are planning to stay up here for two more months. This of course may change but now is the time to plan a trip up here. We should be around until the end of July. We won't have a place for you to stay after June 1 though but there are lots a canoe trips to do and rental RVs.

... every night. Sheep Camp was overbooked one night. This camp is the last one before the summit so it is the most heavily used. The US Rangers give a talk about the trail to the summit and urge everyone to be out of camp and walking by 5:30 AM!!!!! Cheryl and I got up at 4:00 AM and were off before 5:30 and we weren't the first ones. Right out of Sheep camp is "The Long hill" which is just that, a long uphill slog to The Scales 3-5h where the Stampeders had their outfits ...

Sadly it is time to start heading east even though we will be doing it slowly. We drove from Tok to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory today. When we drove most of this route into Alaska five weeks ago the road was a bit bumpy with frost heaves. Today we found that apparently they are fixing the frost heaves and much of the road is under construction. This made for a very muddy/dusty slow go. In addition, we lost an hour as we left Alaska ...