Teslin, Y.T. Watson
Lake, Y.T. and Iskut, B.C. – re-visiting
parts of western Canada
August 23-25, 2013
Left Alaska in our rear-view mirror – put the blinkers on
and headed south back into Canada. Made the crossing at the boarder without
difficulty and enjoyed the day’s drive through much varied scenery again. Back
through Moon Lake region with its interesting and strange rock arrangements. Through the world’s smallest desert: 1 square
mile, the Carcaross Desert has sand and dunes, but saw no mirages today. Mike took a few minutes on our morning rest
stop to practice his horn. Found a
beautiful overlook where the music soared through the canyon. We stopped for a snack in the small town of
Carcross – found a sourdough bakery and bought so good bread and treats. Bought a sun for our backyard, made by a
local metal artist – had been hoping to find at least one on this trip. . Shopped at the oldest store in the Yukon:
Mathew Watson’s General Store – funky and fun collection of stuff. Made camp
back in Teslin, Y.T. a re-visit from our trip north; 5 weeks ago.
Miles for the day:
160 Total miles for the AK Adventure:
3701.2
Day # 42 of this Alaska Adventure the Safari rig and its
passengers heading south on the Alaskan Highway. The roadside rock messages
were back in force along this route. We were able to catch a quick glimpse of
the 2 martini glasses that we had first seen on our trip north. Pretty good
roads today J,
we arrived at camp in Watson Lake and took care of a bit of up keeping
(vacuuming, straightening up, laundry, etc.). Mike ventured into the “woods”
and spent a bit more time practicing his horn. The sound carried so well, all
back in camp enjoyed his musical interlude. Mike and I had wanted to make a rock message,
but never could find a place to pull off along the roadside, so we made one in
the campground – with a bit of hard work we spelled out “FANTASY”.
Miles for the day:
149 Total miles for the AK Adventure:
3850.2
Day # 43 was marked by a long drive on a road with a real attitude. Mike crowned it the 3rd worst road
we have taken this trip – Highway 37, not a road to be taken lightly or
quickly! Despite the stressful and
difficult driving day, it was another amazing scenic delight; beautiful lakes,
forests – some lush and some that were like ghosts, from earlier forest-fires. We drove along side the Horse Ranch Range,
which are the oldest mountains in this area of Canada. A stop for today was a little place called
Jade City. It was a “tourist trap”, but
interesting that they produce 92% of worlds jade right in this area. We
splurged and bought ourselves a jade Inukchuk, a native statue that is made
from Jade rocks and welcomes you to where he is. We think we may put him on our
front porch. Somewhere along the ROUGH road one of the Tow-dolly’s fenders
broke loose. Luckily one of our fellow Fantasy folks had some self-tapping
screws and a handy drill. Mike and Tom were able to screw her back together. The rest of the drive, especially when we went
over another rumble strip, Mike would check the rear monitor and say, “still
have 2 fenders!” That was a good thing. Wildlife sightings were a bit better today –
Mike saw a momma and 2 little mooses across the road along a pond. Camp this evening was at Totagga Lake, pretty
setting on the Lake.
Miles for the day:
208 Total miles for the AK Adventure:
4058.2
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