Westmark Inn Klondike Whitehorse

... Highways unser Nachtlager auf. Mitten in Schnee und Eis. Und ja, es ist verdammt kalt hier oben. <br><br>Donnerstag, 8. Oktober<br>Aufgewacht bei 5°C Innentemperatur. Außentemperatur lag ca. bei -5°C, aber die Schlafsäcke haben gute Arbeit geleistet. Erstmal barfuß raus zum pinkeln. Der Highway war total vereist, deshalb gings mit ca. 40 km/h weiter Richtung Fort Nelson bzw. Whitehorse. Doch auf vereister Fahrbahn ist auch 40 km/h ...

... after walking a kilometre through mosquito-infested forest to the lake, we discovered it was full of lime-green algae, so we trudged back up the hill and ended up hotter than when we started.<br><br>It wasn&#8217;t far to Fort St John, where we cooled off at the visitor information centre and I attempted to type some of this travel blog! We spent about an hour trying to track down the air sensor for our car in Alberta but didn&#8217;t have much luck &#8211; we finally nailed down the ...

... back of at the RV park, we had lunch and I tackled some ironing while watching back episodes of "The Young and the Restless."<br><br>Art is still not feeling well and we're wondering if he has shingles. He is in constant pain and only feels better when he doesn't move, so he spent the afternoon in bed.<br><br>After getting some rest, Art felt like getting out and wanted to revisit the fish ladder. We toured the Yukon Beringia Interpetive ...

... there are not mosquitoes in Whitehorse; just not in the quantities of some of the other spots. Of course, it does seem pretty dry here. There&#8217;s still smoke in the air but it does seem to be lighter than the day before. Hopefully, wherever the fire is, they are getting it under control. <br><br>We had a very leisurely breakfast, checked our emails, and generally lolled around most of the morning. I made a run to the grocery store because there is ...

... were used to haul away the rock. The area offers hiking in the summer and cross country skiing in the winter. Float planes take you sightseeing and the campsite we had was right on the lake and just gorgeous. It is pouring when we arrive so I get the umbrella and drag Woody up the hill to the pay phone so he can talk to Tom on Father's Day. Lucky I had an old phone card with 38 minutes left on it. By the time I got ...

... from the top of Whistler Mtn over to the top of Blackcomb something like 4.4km span with a height of 436m above the ground . http://ww1.whistlerblackcomb.com/p2pg/ It was impressive but not for the faint of heart as the spans and elevation are huge. Of course the staff that keep just about every establishment open are from Aus. It was unique to hear an English/Cdn accent. [I know Michelle.....:)] We spent three days at Callaghan Valley skiing and watching the ...

... team is 3 and 2. We were lucky enough to get a two hour teaching session with a professional curling coach who coaches Pat Simmons from Saskatoon and a women's team from QC. He coached the Yukon/NWT team at the Briar last year as well. We spent most of our time working on our deliveries using video. Both of us learned a lot and gained confidence in our deliveries. I can actually hit the broom on my Inturns! We also will be helping out teaching ...

... Foxworthy in his "you know you are a Redneck when" spiel say that you are one if the directions to your place entail going down a gravel road you are a redneck.... The directions to this place are down the gravel road for 1km, ford the axle deep stream at the bottom of the hill, drive on the Trans Canada trail for 1km, turn right onto the old Dawson trail and go 4km on a single track dirt road. Originally, the cabin was used for an eco tourism/dog mushing operation ...

... We had to access the lake in a provincial campground. There were very few campers in the campground so getting to the lake posed no problem. We went to the Yukon Wildlife Preserve. Sadly this was just an area where wild animals had been penned in and you paid to be driven around to see them, thus we moved on. Back in Whitehorse we went to the McBride Museum. In ...