Northern Beaver Post Cottages Watson Lake

... We finally left Skagway at 11:00 am, only to realize that it was immediately 12:00 as we crossed back into Canada. White Pass Summit was just barely less foggy than when we had arrived a week earlier. We retraced our route north on the South Klondike Highway, back up to the Alaska Highway, and now southeast on the Alaska Highway.

We decided to spend the night at the junction with the Cassiar Highway (YT and BC Highway 37) just 14 miles west of Watson Lake.

... did not. So on our first full day, he did his thing while I had some “personal” time. The following day I went to the Centre. Although it is fairly small, there were several good displays and two short films. What is Beringia? Between two continents on the edge of the Arctic lay the ancient place called Beringia. It was a land of ice, giant mammals and the First People of North America. During each Ice Age, glaciers formed in the Northern Hemisphere ...

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We're going there in the morning, when it's cooler outside, and we can hang out and take pictures before we head off to Fort Nelson. I'll post pictures tomorrow of that.

Off to watch the Bachelorette finale now- even on vacation I still need to find out what happens!

Distance Travelled Today: 272 miles or 438 km
Travelled By: motorcycle

... after the Northern Lights Center to hang our Gulfstreamers sign. While there, we struck up a conversation with a guy who had a unique setup to haul his four-wheeler on the back of his fifth-wheel trailer. He was from North Carolina and had already been to Alaska. He warned us about the road north of here, saying that the frost heaves in the road, which he called moguls, were at least 4 feet high. He said, "If there is one word of ...

... Several rigs have rock chips in their windshields now along with the other mishaps they’ve endured.

When we got on the road, we immediately saw several black bears. We stopped and took video of one that was close to the side of the road. A black mink crossed in front of us and a red fox ran along the road with a grouse in its mouth. We also saw a few buffalo.

There was evidence of a large forest fire in the area. We found out ...

July 7, 2009 (Tuesday) – Dease River (250 miles)

It was a long driving day; just over 7 hours from Meziadin to Dease River with only 2 stops along the way. While most of the road is paved or hard-packed, there is continuous construction with one lane passage. In the non-construction areas, you still have to go slowly due to potholes and undulations. At times, top speed might be 30 mph, but that's not always a bad thing ...

We continued our trek up the Alaska highway all day, stopping various times to see wildlife, mountains, road construction, and other exciting things. The highway is very beautiful and very remote in the sense that there isn't a lot of traffic. I would estimate the traffic we see to be (in order of highest to lowest occurrence): RVs, Semis, Motorcycles, Cars, Bicycles, Hitchhikers.

We run into road construction a lot because there are only a ...

The stretch of road we drove today is considered to be the most scenic part of the Alaskan Highway. As we left Ft. Nelson the highway veered to the west wound through the northern Canadian Rockies for approximately 300 miles. This was a densely forested region.


We encountered moose, caribou, an assortment of waterfowl and black bears, but ...

... very steep hills but it is beautiful. Spent the night at Fox Creek city park, Alberta. Still day light at 10:00pm. Day 6, At 7:00am it was 36 deg and we had frost on the windshield. The sun was shining so warmed up quickly. We ran into some constuction and the by pass was very rough and we also experienced some frost heaves on a stretch of road. Doors flew open-what a mess. We had lunch at Dawson Creek and saw the Mile Zero momument ...

... the RV to Laird Hot Springs to make sure they made it OK, which they did. Along the way saw more Stone Sheep and Buffalo.

LAIRD HOT SPRINGS: Spent about 2 hours in the springs, which are really hot--sure felt good!! This is such a magically beautiful place and is definitely a MUST SEE spot!

The drive from Laird Hot Springs to Watson Lake was ...