Heading North 2021

 As the day started out a bit chilly, windy and cloudy, we decided to take a drive down to Toad River. I said in a passed post that I wanted to see a Caribou in the wild and thought that we were here at the wrong time of year. It looks like we were just in the wrong place. Just out side our campground I saw my first one. A female and calf. I have to say, that made my day. As we drove down the road, we came across this mama and her calf. Then we came across Folded Mountain. And then there was these handsome fellows. The young bull moose we saw on our way back. All in all, it was a great day for seeing wild life. Tomorrow, off to Ft. Nelson

 Our original destination was Liard River Hot Springs PP. After driving up to the gate and seeing the six foot electrified bear fence and as we are not hot spring people, we decided to move on. Our drive from Watson Lake to here was great, again light traffic and very scenic. We passed six male Bison, all spaced out along the road, at least fifteen km between them. We expected to see the rest of the herd at some point but we never did. No Bison photos. We also passed a porcupine on the side of the road waiting to cross, which it did safely, after we passed.  Muncho Lake PP was our new destination. Just before we got there we came across these. This is not the sharpest photo, if I forget to shut my truck off, I get this vibration that the image stabilization in my camera can't overcome. This usually happens when I have the trailer on and I am stopped in the middle of the road. Next we saw this guy. Muncho Lake PP has two campgrounds, MacDonald and Strawberry Flats, MacDonald is...

 This will be our last night in the Yukon, we will be sad to go but we must move on. The Yukon is an amazing place, spectacular views, long days, cooler weather but mostly not too cold, decent roads and bugs. You do learn to deal with the bugs though.  We are very happy we made this trip, we would recommend it to anyone.  If you are worried about fuel economy, forget it. With the ups and downs and twists and turns it won't be good. I am averaging 12.5 US per mile combined and 9.5 pulling the trailer. One more thing on Haines Junction. We counted 8 RV Parks/Motels, 5 Gas stations, 6 restaurants and one liquor store. So what you say, well there is no grocery store, only the convenience store at the gas station. We pulled into a rest stop and a lady says to me, did you see the moose? I said no, where? She points through the bush to a small black blob on the other side of a lake. Well, lets see if I can get this one on camera. The first photo is with my telephoto lens zoomed ...

 Today we headed North, up as far as Burwash Landing. It is at the top end of Kluane Lake. At the south end of the lake is an Interpretive/Tourist Center. We stopped and got some good info on the area. Other than the polar ice caps, Kluane has the largest ice field in the world. It is also home to Canada's tallest mountain, Mt Logan. Mt. Logan is the second tallest mountain in North America, behind Denali. The third highest is in Mexico Pico de Orizaba. The only way to see Mt. Logan is by plane. We phoned an air tour company to book a flight but they never got back to us. By then it was to late to try another. Knowing that, I would call more in advance and multiple operators, if there is a next time. Even though we did not get to se e the big mountain, the others are still spectacular. A couple of shots. A few of photos of Kluane Lake The Fireweed along this road is fantastic. We headed back down the road to Haines Junction, this is as far as we are going in the Yukon. I fueled up ...

  The decision to leave Whitehorse was spot on. We are now at Pine lake YTP. This is another very nice park. I think if you were on the water loop, it might be party central but it is nice and quiet here, even with a bunch of kids down the way. Today we drove down the Highway towards Haines Alaska. This road is on the boarder of Kluane  Nat. Park. First stop Kathleen Lake. There is a Parks Canada campground there, it is $22 a night with no more services than the Yukon ones. I think the price includes the National Park Fee. There is a short walk on a board walk. Some photos from there. This is across the lake, it's called the Kings Throne. There is a trail up to it but to far for us. We drove down the hwy almost to the BC boarder. You go through BC for a short time before you get to Alaska. This is as far south as we went. All along the road are these flowers, they are the flower of the Yukon. Fireweed. It is in full bloom now, very pretty. A few random shots from our drive. Th...