Yukon Inn Whitehorse

... before I meet up and I have to keep my composure when meeting family there. It'll just be the calm before the storm so to speak. I bought myself a really sick compact guitar to bring along and I saved up to get myself an amp so as to spread music through the streets; in exchange for change of course. I quit my job and told my old gay group of friends to es mad dees, leaving me with little to no ties in this town, and no reason to look back ...

... arid and the highway cut through the boreal forest past the tall mountains of Kluane National Park. Just past beautiful Dezacleash Lake, we went for a hike.

We stopped at St Elias Lake Trail and hiked the 4km through the forest and subalpine meadows to the lake. It wasn`t until part way through the hike that we wondered at the wisdom of it – there were no other cars in the car park, nobody knew where we were, no phone reception and all in a national park renowned for its ...

There are plenty of sightseeing opportunities in Whitehorse. Jim expected to see Sergeant Preston (come on, you remember Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, don't you ?) On radio and early TV, he patrolled the Klondike from Whitehorse to Dawson City with the help of his lead dog King.

We started our Whitehorse experience at the MacBride Museum. They have an eclectic collection of Yukon history items, including ...

... couple of hours on the road, you are kissing the ground at the RV parks, so thankful you have arrived in one piece. Then you have to open the trailer door and see what destruction has occurred. The other day, our Mr. Coffee Space Saver unit worked its way out of the slide brackets and was sitting sideways on the countertop, hanging by the cord. I had the glass carafe strapped in but there was no way to secure the entire unit, and we had never had a problem ...

... river in North America. It flows Northwest into the Bering Sea.










We also visited the S.S. Kondike which represents an age when the City of Whitehorse served as a major hub for the Gold Rush.










This town had many murals ...

... br>At Miles Canyon and the Suspension Bridge, we walked the trails part way on both sides of the canyon. The quest for the perfect canyon picture proved to be a climb. Saw a beaver swimming.
Drove Grey Mountain road to a viewpoint that we thought overlooked the downtown and river; it didn't. A better view was from the Yukon ...

... folks out there that go into the backcountry once the snow settles in the spring. February is dog sled race season. We helped out at the Carbon Hill Sled dog race at Mt Lorne in early Feb. It was great to be up close to the dogs and mushers. A lot of these teams race in the Yukon Quest which started on Feb 14. We went into town to see the start. It was -31C but the sun was out as were the spectators. The race is still on as of right now and everyone follows it ...

... operation so far north. It's not the cold but the snow cover that is the problem here. We are in the shadow of the coastal mountains and we don't get a lot of snow (or enough to keep good snow cover on a hill). We're not really into DH skiing but it is so close and I'm sure someone will organize a ski day. The temperature is cooperating for them as -20 is optimal for snowmaking and it seems to hover around that temp day and night. Just as a quick ...

... days as we toiled up the mountains. This is not a wilderness trip although we travelled alone; we always were close to someone. There were folks from Nelson B.C., Calgary, Edmonton, Olympia WA, A great group of Boy Scouts from Denver and folks from all over the US. The mix was very different from our Yukon River trip which was almost all German. Cedar was a great conversation starter and we got to know most of the people at the campgrounds. Most of the campsites were ...

... a bar/restaurant and brothel rooms remain upstairs although for tours not their original purpose. After completing a few geocaches in town we finally wended our way back to Whitehorse. On our way back we saw our fourth porcupine of the trip. Having never seen a porcupine ever, we have now seen four in our travels. Tomorrow we will do some shopping (Whitehorse has a WalMart), and then explore the town.