traveling doves
  • Blog
  • Home

Yukon Territorry on June 19-21

7/28/2014

3 Comments

 
After leaving the Icefields Parkway we worked our way toward Whitehorse and Dawson City in the Yukon.   Whitehorse is the junction where you take either the Alaska Highway west into Alaska or do the Klondike Loop north to Dawson City and cross the Canadian-Alaskan border by driving the Top Of The World Highway.  We choose the Klondike Loop and crossed the boarder on June 21, the longest day of the year.  In Alaska that means 23 hours of daylight on that day.   We stayed 2 nights in Whitehorse at a very nice, clean campground called Hi-Country Rv and Campground.  We left there on the 21st, had lunch in Dawson City, took the ferry across the Yukon River, drove the Top Of The World, did the boarder crossing, and drove the Taylor Highway to Eagle, Alaska where we set up camp.  That was all in one day!   This post will have pictures of  Whitehorse and Dawson City, cool towns with all the history of the Gold Rush to look at,  then tomorrow I'll do Top Hwy. , Taylor Hwy. and the city of Eagle.   Top of the World and Taylor Highways are each 60 mile dirt stretches of hairpin curves on the side of the mountains and I can't believe we did all that in one day.

Whitehorse...

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Walking bridge across Miles Canyon. The water really was that green.

Dawson City...

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
From the top of this mountain we can view Dawson City and the Yukon River.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
This is taken at the start of the Top of the World Hwy. after lunch in Dawson City. Note that the truck is reasonably clean. It will look much different at the day!
Good Night All,  Thanks for tuning in.   Love, Dave and Barb
3 Comments
Sara Chandler
7/28/2014 05:16:08 pm

Just stopping by your blog to say hello, and see if you had posted any Hurricane train pictures yet. You have many fabulous photographs already. Can't wait to see more.
Craig & Sara Chandler (from the train ride0

Reply
Kathy - CCU
7/30/2014 03:23:47 am

We received your post cards (THANK YOU!) and have been keeping up-to-date on your blog. We all miss Dave but know that Barb is keeping him in line and out of trouble! :) Barb, all your pictures are incredibly gorgeous. I can't recall the last time I've seen so much natural beauty. Thank you for sharing your adventure Dave and Barb! Keep 'em coming!!!

Reply
Justin Niester
8/5/2014 12:11:37 pm

It's awesome to see the beautiful country we live in. I'm glad you two get to experience it and enjoy each day. Everyone knows that you two deserve it more than anyone I know.. hope the rest of the trip goes well and We love you guys from back home in Michigan.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.