June 14th

THE DETAILS:

WEATHER: I woke up to a temperature of 39!! Where are my mittens?? Though the rest of the day stayed cloudy we were able to climb into the low 60’s today. Short spurts of rain here and there. By the time it was time to go to bed…. It was 66 degrees and very comfortable. The sun is even shinning… And it’s 9:30


DISTANCE: We left Ranchereo, BC at 9:30 and arrived Whitehorse, Yukon at 2:30. 5 hours driving and
195 miles.

We turned the heat on this morning. I felt bad for the guys who were breaking camp next to us, they were getting ready to ride their motorcycles further north! Gary was thinking of bringing them some hot coffee before they left. Well we drove into the Yukon… again… but for the last time. We now stay in the Yukon Territories until we cross over to American soil! The drive today was fairly level and we had some great views of mountain peaks that are covered in snow. Many of them have cloud covered peaks. We didn’t see any wild life today, unfortunately. We didn’t drive too far today because it is maintenance day! Gary changed the oil, I did laundry, we went grocery shopping and I cleaned the “house”. A relatively relaxing day. We thought we would drive the short 5 hour distance to Whitehorse where we will find everything we need.

BTW: We crossed the Continental Divide yesterday. That’s where all the rivers on the east flow either toward the Arctic Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean. And the rivers on the west flow to the Pacific or the Bering Sea. I knew you’d be interested in that Dad!

We are no longer wilderness camping! Whitehorse, being a “large” city and a place where many of the different routes converge, is a camping “city”. We are packed in here like sardines! The guy on one side of us is about 8 feet away and the guy on the other side is about 10 feet from us. We woke up to the sound of large planes flying overhead We’re looking forward to getting back into the “bush” country!



PS: Dan, it's hard to figure out which Province we are in considering we crossed the border 6 times! Thanks for correcting.