Yukon Inn Whitehorse

... 9. Oktober<br>Immer noch im Auto unterwegs, erlebten wir den abartigen Sonnenaufgang am Straßenrand des Highways, umgeben von einem nebeligen See und vielen, vielen Bäumen und Bergen. Immernoch. Aber immernoch genial! Wir fuhren dann weiter Richtung Whitehorse, wo wir gestern Nachmittag ankamen. Erstmal n Kaffee im Inet Café und danach im Yukon getauft! Sieht so aus: Oberkörperfrei, Yukon-Wasser und ab damit an Körper und Gesicht ...

... 8221;, the temperature is somewhat chilly, and the rain seems continual. There are few, if any, fireweed blooms left along the highway. The number of tourists has also dropped. Some of the RV parks seem to fill in most evenings, while others seem quite empty.<br><br>We arrived in Whitehorse, parked at Wal-mart, and called George the glass repair man. It was a rainy day, so we were not sure if he could repair the windshield, but we caught a short break in ...

... The Canadians charge a deposit on almost all kinds of drink containers (milk jugs, juice bottles, and, of course, beer and soda cans and bottles). The only picture we have for today is the Whitehorse welcome sign and flowers. Jim wanted to take pictures of Jane washing the coach in her butt-floss bikini, but she hid the camera.<br><br>The coach and car got fueled up. Tomorrow we leave the Alaska Highway just 8 ...

... hence, the reason you can&#8217;t find many of the items we take for granted at home.<br><br>The park has a pressurized carwash so this afternoon Wendell took the truck over and gave it a hosing. He returned saying, &#8220;the pressure was not very pressurized&#8221;, but he managed to get off most of the half-inch of dried, chalky mud residue. The running boards were so caked you hated to step on them and then get inside the truck. The trailer is another ...

... Whitehorse is expecting rain with temps going down to frost level. It was about 5 deg. c. in the night and a wind advisory for travelers. We plan on staying here a couple of days so expect to hear from me soon. And......pictures will be uploaded this morning! <br>Also......today is the day to deal with the 'wet dog' and Febreze going on in here, so we'll air the place out while I do the laundry in town.<br><br><br><br>

... blog that I took back "way back when".<br><br>I hope you enjoy sharing a bit of this trip down memory lane with me.<br><br>Bye for now,<br><br>Motorcycle Mikey signing off...<br><br>PS; I'll be posting some photos of the trip Ozgur, Dan, and Monique and I took to Cuba back in January of this year sometime in the "near future".  I haven't gotten around to posting these shots yet...just haven't had the time.  Aside from the "typical" Cuba (you know ...

... at +0 temps. It was truly weird skiing with no gloves, hat, wearing only ski pants with no long johns , one layer of long underwear top with no shell after skiing with two layers plus vests, jackets, balaclavas, mitts. The races, themselves were outstanding. We watched Individual and team sprints as well as the Classic/Skating pursuits. As the host country, Canada got to enter more skiers than normal so some of the younger skiers got to race with the big guns ...

... and we've settled into a winter routine. We are getting up later and later as the sun now rises after 9:00 AM. We have coffee and breakfast and get ready to ski, snowshoe or just hang out. We've decided we need rest days so some days all we do is walk the dog. Our ski trail out back has evolved into a 2.5 h snowshoe or a 1.25h ski. We've packed the trails on snow shoes and then ski in a track. Other than the occasional Snow machine or quad, so far ...

... we are waiting for parts for the dishwasher, and dryer. The Fridge's shelves are held in place with duct tape. At the risk of sounding snobbish this is not up to Canmore standards. We also have their frikkin cat to look after. We didn't think this was part of the deal so aren't really impressed. Cedar and this feline have yet to meet so we'll see.... We are disappointed with the situation but we really haven't given things much time. After hanging out waiting to get ...

First stop for the day, WalMart. We made our way to WalMart to stock up on supplies that had diminished during our days in Alaska since Anchorage. Then it was off to the grocery store to replenish the larder. Even though the smaller towns in Alaska have food stores, they do not have the variety that the larger urban stores have. After taking all the supplies back to the trailer and getting some lunch, we went ...