Klondike Highway

long winding Klondike Highway
5 Fingers Rapids
Carl Washing MtrHome
Yukon River in Dawson City


Sunday, June 29 we traveled down the Klondike Highway. On this trip we have seen the most beautiful Yukon scenery and worst. Today wasn't a very spectacular day, just long winding roads up and down hills. The roads were mostly seal coat not much gravel. We saw a lot of the Yukon River. Many miles 338 miles.


We stopped in a town called Stewert Crosssings, we bought a $100 in gas, at $6.27 a gallon (1.66 per liter) we were hungry, we looked around for a Mickey D's, but no fast foods. Another such town is Pelly crossings population 350 people. No restaurant there that I would eat in. So, finally a few peanut butter and crackers would tide us for awhile. The Milepost really talked up Carmacks a few kilometers down the road. Well, that town was something else! We flew on by! We stopped at the Braeburn Lodge, now looking at the Milepost you would think it was a real nice place, it wasn't dirty, but not anything like he picture. They boast that they have the worlds famous cinnamon buns! The sign says "Soup of the day" under that is "Cinnamon Bun $7.00". Well, we precede to buy the cinnamon bun, I said is the cinnamon bun $7.00? She said no it is $8.50. Well, to make a long story short, the $7.00 was for the Soup of the day! So yes we did buy a cinnamon bun, it is suppose to feed 4 people! It is big......breakfast in the morning! Do you suppose they raise the price to non-locals?

We saw Fox Lake, it is a waterfowl stop in the spring and fall! A very large lake. Mr. Misico there you go! Good place to hunt I would think.


We arrived in Whitehorse at about 6:15. We went to one RV park and wouldn't you know they were booked. We came to the Pioneer Park, and it is not one of the best around. I have to call Watson Lake in the morning and make reservations! This is the busy time now, when we were here 2 weeks ago the busy time hadn't started yet.
When we arrived in Whitehorse we bought gas 1.44 a liter. That is $5.44 a gallon.


We plan on taking a quick tour through Whitehorse. It is the Capital City of the Yukon. Then head out for Watson Lake tomorrow and then onward to Fort Nelson to Dawson Creek. We may drive down to Jasper and Baniff and cut across through Calgary. People keep telling us that Jasper and Baniff is just beautiful. So,while we are here I think we should do it!


Good night!

DAWSON CTY FUN

THE RV PARK WAS DOWNTOWN DAWSON CITY, SO WE WALKED TO TOWN, 3 OR 4 BLOCKS. WE ATE AT SOURDOUGH EDDIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HAD FISH AND CHIPS, NOT BAD BUT NOT ON SOUTH BEACH DIET!

DIAMOND TOOTH GERTIES IS A GAMBLING JOINT, WITH DANCERS, WE SAW MOST OF THE SHOW WAS PRETTY NEAT. FOUND OUT LATER THAT THE DANCERS WERE LOCAL GALS! NICE LOOKING GIRLS. THAT WAS FUN!

THERE WERE FUNNY MOTOR HOMES AROUND TOWN, THEY WERE FROM GERMANY. THERE WAS A MOTOR HOME PARKED AT THE PARK THAT HAD BUNKS IN THE BACK, AND SEATS IN THE FRONT, FUNNY LOOKING THING! DIDN'T GET A PICTURE OF THAT.

COMING ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WORLD HIGHWAY, THE MTR HOME GOT REALLY DIRTY. SO THERE WILL BE A PICTURE OF CARL WASH THE MOTOR HOME!

HAVING A GOOD TIME AND SEEING SO MUCH BEAUTIFUL LAND!

Chicken Alaska to Dawson City YT

Taylor Hwy - dirt and gravel
Chicken Alaska
Gold Dredger
More Taylor Hwy



We left Tok Alaska this morning heading for Chicken Alaska! We didn’t flip a coin but almost we couldn't decide if we wanted to go that way. I am glad we did, it was interesting. Now we can say we did the highway. Everyone we talked to either said it was better than coming up from Haines Junction which we did 10 days ago. A lot of construction on the Alaskan Highway the last 250 miles of rough wash board roads! Some said they would never drive Taylor Highway or Top of World Highway again! Gravel, hair pin curves, narrow, and at least 160 miles! It is exactly that, dirt, narrow, hair pin curves, steep inclines and declines washboard surfaces chuck holes! The motor home got a work out! Up and down those steep inclines! The road is closed as soon as snow arrives. Our first stop was Chicken Alaska. Pretty cool town. Like the population in the summer is 21 and 6 people stay for the winter! They boast that they are the last of the old frontier towns in Alaska.
We came into Dawson City, Yukon, this is the only way from Tok. Dawson City is a pretty big city. The population is 1,900. Some things that are interesting: There are 20 ½ hrs of daylight June 21, December 21 3.8 hrs of daylight! Dawson was a pretty busy place back in gold prospector days!
The Top of the World road stops at the Yukon River. There is ferry that runs people back and forth, and the Canadian Gov't pays for the ferry. There is no charge to go across on the ferry! The boat can carry 4 cars, maybe 4 cars and a motor home. It was pretty interesting.
Tonight we went downtown and had dinner. We stopped in at Diamond Tooth Gerties watch the can can girls do their show. It was fun.
Dawson City is a real authentic tourist trap! Wood side walks, old building, dirt roads. It is a pretty cool city! Wouldn't want to live here!
Keep watching the blog. We are going to travel a couple different roads coming home.
Good night.

Hello from Tok, Alaska

Hello, from Tok!

June 27 More Pictures

Matanuska Glacier the 3 top pictures

Construction along Glenn Highway.

Jim and Mary Ann can come up

and work in Alaska! Lots

of construction going on!

Hi there!

It is Friday already, we have been on the road for almost 3 weeks, we have seen so much!

We are in Tok, Alaska tonight. We left Anchorage at 8:00 this a.m. We arrived in Tok, 4:00 this afternoon.

The Glenn Highway is the most scenic route! Many frost heaves, hilly and curvy, but must say the most scenic. In fact, the Milepost says it is the most scenic routes and it a must drive!

In addition to majestic mountains we saw the Matanuska Glacier, Sheep Mt. with its oxidized gypsum colors. The mountain ranges are just spectacular!

We saw these tubular things along the highway, they are for the snow plows so they can find the road! How cool is that?

One stretch of the road was major construction, it looks like they are adding a second road.

We didn't see any moose or bear but we saw a couple stray hares! What a disappointment! There were a lot of forests, I thought for sure we see something!

Had a little rain today for about an hour. It seems to rain an hour everyday.

Sadie will be glad when we get home, she is acclimating to the motor home a little better each day..but she is sleeping with us. Maybe because I know that she is so scared! Oh well, won't she be surprised when she gets home and has to sleep in her kennel!

Check back for pictures! This internet is so slow!

What will tomorrow bring?

Anchorage is a place to relax

Just relaxin' in Anchorage!

June 25, 2008

What a day!

Richard took us to Simon & Seaforts, a fine dining establishment! I had their salmon and it was cooked to perfection and a very wonderful flavor.

Thank you Richard!

Richard left us off downtown so I could do some more shopping, he picked us up then went to his office and then to his house.

We then started cooking that wonderful shrimp that Roger and George gave to us! Thank you! It is the best tasting shrimp we have ever eaten, it tasted so much like lobster, real meaty! Yummy! We ate and ate!

We went for a walk and then came back and cooked steak on Richards new Weber Grill, he bought just for this occasion! The shrimp pot was still hot so we lowered 3 lbs of Russian Crab into the pot. We had a great feast, of crab and steak! There is no way you could have found a place to serve such great food! The best dinner in the world! We drank wine and watch a movie, got home at midnight!

We certainly have enjoyed Anchorage and Richard!

Shrimp Boats are a comin'

Whittier, Alaska

June 24, 2008

Sally driving, pulling ropes, fresh catch, Roger the Captain, George, The Voyager, shrimp pot, Richard and his aunt.

This was a day to go shopping and tour around in the Motor home.

Richard called and said his bosses were going to go out on their boat and pick up their shrimp pots, and would he like to go and take his aunt and uncle along? Wow, that sounded like fun. So, we traveled to Whittier, AK, I would guess an hour or so away from Anchorage.

The neat thing about Whittier is that you have to go through a couple of tunnels. The last tunnel is 2 1/2 miles long, it is called the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel. It is 1 lane and cars and trains take turns traveling through it. They allow a 15 minute alternating directional use for vehicle traffic. About 3 trains a day go through the tunnel. What a great experience traveling through the tunnel....2 1/2 miles!

Roger Aldrich and George Porter were the captains and co captains on The Voyager. The Voyager is a 57 ft. Carver. We traveled about 10 miles out in the ocean to pick up their shrimp pots. Another fun thing to do while visiting in Alaska! The pots are lowered into the ocean 600 ft to the floor. They rest down on the floor and the shrimp come into the mesh basket and are caught. Roger and George had 4 baskets down, and probably caught 250+ shrimp. It takes a few minutes to reel the rope up 600 ft. There are 2 pots on each 600 ft. rope. Once you reel in the ropes the pots are emptied into a cooler, then you start the process of beheading those shrimp!

The shrimp are then washed and packaged to take home! That was a fun thing to do on vacation! We were out in the ocean until 10:00 or after. One thing to remember it is still very light at that time! Richard got us back to the RV park very late! Sadie did OK being alone for almost 7 hrs! So, now we know how they catch shrimp! These shrimp are no ordinary shrimp either!

Another wonderful day ended on our trip!