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We left Chicken about 9:30 on Wednesday morning. The sun was out but it had rained the previous day so the gravel road was still wet and rough!! This is the bridge over Chicken Creek as we were leaving.
We left Chicken about 9:30 on Wednesday morning. The sun was out but it had rained the previous day so the gravel road was still wet and rough!! This is the bridge over Chicken Creek as we were leaving.
The fog was thick when we got up so we took our time getting ready and by the time we left it was almost gone.
As you can see by the next pictures, fall is already starting up here!
Notice the 'good' road.
Finally we came to the border. You can see it in the distance.
You see alot of this along the roads up here.
Before we got there, we came to a turnout with the Welcome to Alaska sign.
It took about 3 hours to go 40 miles! In other words, the road was BAD! We made it to the border and went thru without a hitch.
We did see a small caribou on the hillside but too far away for a picture.
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| And the border crossing. |
And our entry back into the Yukon Territory.
From there we drove on some asphalt but mostly hard gravel. As it was, it took us another 3 hours to about 108 miles. The offset was that the scenery was just fantastic. We were on the “Top of the World Highway” – we were essentially on the top of mountains all the way.
Welcome sign to Dawson City.
We had just missed most of the rain but got the rainbow right over the town.
As we were coming down out of the mountains toward the Yukon River, a bear crossed our path.
Next comes the free ferry that takes you across the Yukon River.
When I first saw it, I said that there was no way we would fit on there! However, semis use it as well, so I guess we can too.
Nothing but a rocky ledge ahead to de-boat???
But we made it accross in one piece. Due to the incline off the boat and onto land, the trailer's back jacks scraped along the boat's ramp, but we made it.
Dawson City is a very quaint little town –this was the place of the first gold rush. We actually went out to the area where it started. At one time there was a town of about 3,000 people there but you wouldn’t know it now.
We did go to Diamond Tooth Gerties one night. It is the first gambling hall in The Yukon. They have a 45 minute show with some good dance girls.
We left Dawson City on Saturday morning and drove all 325 miles to Whitehorse. There isn’t much in the way of CG’s on this route so we decided to make the trip in one day. We did cross over the Yukon River again.
and stopped at the same place that we had stopped on the way up to Alaska. We had bought some sweet rolls earlier so that was our lunch.
They had some interesting signs here about the salmon.
Apparently, the population of salmon coming up this far is decreasing so they have instituted some more stringent fishing guidelines.
Later on, we saw rain but were able to skirt around it for the most part.
We made it back to Watson Lake and spent a couple of days there again.
When I first saw it, I said that there was no way we would fit on there! However, semis use it as well, so I guess we can too.
Nothing but a rocky ledge ahead to de-boat???
But we made it accross in one piece. Due to the incline off the boat and onto land, the trailer's back jacks scraped along the boat's ramp, but we made it.
Dawson City is a very quaint little town –this was the place of the first gold rush. We actually went out to the area where it started. At one time there was a town of about 3,000 people there but you wouldn’t know it now.
We did go to Diamond Tooth Gerties one night. It is the first gambling hall in The Yukon. They have a 45 minute show with some good dance girls.
We did some panning for gold but didn’t find anything.
We left Dawson City on Saturday morning and drove all 325 miles to Whitehorse. There isn’t much in the way of CG’s on this route so we decided to make the trip in one day. We did cross over the Yukon River again.
and stopped at the same place that we had stopped on the way up to Alaska. We had bought some sweet rolls earlier so that was our lunch.
They had some interesting signs here about the salmon.
Apparently, the population of salmon coming up this far is decreasing so they have instituted some more stringent fishing guidelines.
Later on, we saw rain but were able to skirt around it for the most part.
We made it back to Watson Lake and spent a couple of days there again.
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