(May 18-23, 2018 – Whitehorse, Yukon Territory)

When our last blog post closed we had just arrived in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. We stayed for five nights at the Hi Country RV Park, a nice, quiet, forested campground, just off the Alaska-Canada Highway. We enjoyed our stay in Whitehorse and visited several local attractions, including the historic S.S. Klondike Riverboat, the Beringia Interpretive Center, and (briefly) the Yukon Transportation Museum.

Whitehorse Highlights

We enjoyed touring the historic S.S. Klondike, a riverboat that plied the Yukon River between Whitehorse and Dawson City for many years. It was fascinating to see the machinery, cargo and quarters for crew and passengers on the riverboat.

The Beringia Interpretive Center was especially interesting for its collection of fossils of extinct ice age mega-fauna mammals, including the woolly mammoth, giant sloth, giant beaver, and short-faced bear. Beringia refers to the large land mass/land bridge exposed by low sea levels during the ice age and connecting Canada and Alaska to Siberia.

The Hi Country RV Park was also interesting for its collection of antique vehicles and equipment used in constructing the Alaska-Canada Highway.

One evening we went out to dinner at the Klondike Rib & Salmon Restaurant. While waiting for a table, we met a young couple from Calgary and struck up a conversation. We ended up sharing a table and had a great time visiting over the meal. The food was good – especially the Elk Stroganoff. It’s great making new friends. (Dale & Joyce, nice to meet you – thanks for a memorable evening and we plan to stay in touch!)

Mail Woes

Finally, as noted in our last post, we were expecting a mail shipment sent general delivery to the Whitehorse Canada Post office, but it had not arrived yet. We learned that the package had cleared customs via the hub at Toronto and was travelling by truck across Canada – a slow process. Since our stay coincided with the Victoria Day holiday weekend, we decided to extend our stay an extra night to see if our mail would be available just after the holiday – it wasn’t.

Rather than continue to wait, we left instructions with the post office to send the mail on to Dawson City. This required purchasing and addressing another flat rate express mail envelope, but no big deal. The postal clerk was quite helpful with the process and assured us that the package would be shipped with same day delivery via truck to Dawson City. (In three years on the road, this was the first time we missed a mail shipment.) Confident that the mail would catch up with us, we headed on up the road towards Dawson City. 

Photos

Here are a few photos from around Whitehorse:

That’s all for now. Safe travels and enjoy the journey!