Alaska Bound – Part V – Around Dawson City, YT

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Historic Dawson City, YT

(May 23-29, 2018 – Carmacks and Dawson City, Yukon Territory)

Leaving Whitehorse, we headed up the ALCAN Highway just a short distance before turning on the Klondike Highway towards Dawson City. Weather was mostly sunny, warm and the scenery was spectacular – a perfect day for travel. Road conditions along the Klondike Highway were good, although there were more rough patches and sections of road damage than we experienced along the ALCAN. Since the distance to Dawson City was around 300 hundred miles, we planned to go as far as Carmacks, stop for a night or two, and then continue to Dawson City.

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Alaska Bound – Part IV – Around Whitehorse, YT

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Whitehorse - Yukon River View

(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.

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Alaska Bound – Part III – Into the Yukon

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Muncho Lake Reflections - Muncho Lake Provincial Park, BC(May 20, 2018) Status Update

As of this writing, we are in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Our travels through northern British Columbia into the Yukon, have gone smoothly. The Alaska-Canada Highway has been in very good repair, other than for just a few rough patches of road damage. (Hint: Pay attention to rough road signs and, especially, to traffic cones with orange flags stuck in them & slow down! The flags mark a rough patch, frost-heave or other road hazard – like a seemingly bottomless pothole.) We have seen some stunning scenery and much wildlife along the way.

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Alaska Bound – Part II

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Azouzetta Lake, British Columbia, Canada

(May 11, 2018) Status Update

As of this writing we are in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and ready to head up the Alaska-Canada Highway, tomorrow morning. Our trip through BC has gone smoothly, we’ve had (mostly) good weather, and have seen some wonderful sights along the way. Roads have been clear and in very good repair.

This past winter had been a long one for British Columbia and spring has come late. We feel we are chasing the spring north, finding areas where trees are winter-bare or are just starting to leaf out; where winter snow still lingers in shady areas in the forests, along the roadside or on higher slopes; and where campgrounds are just now turning on their water or are dealing with pipes hard frozen in the ground. Still, weather has been warm and we’ve enjoyed our travels in this season.

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Alaska Bound – Part I

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Emigrant Lake Vista - Emigrant Lake County Recreation Area, Ashland, Oregon

(April 30, 2018) Just a Quick Status Update

We’re a little more than two weeks into our 2018 travel season and have completed the first leg of our trip to Alaska. We’re now just a few miles from the Canadian border and ready to cross over in the morning. We plan to take the month of May to leisurely cross British Columbia and the Yukon Territory, arriving in Alaska by the beginning of June.

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Campground Review – Yucaipa Regional Park – Yucaipa, California

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Yucaipa Regional Park - Foot BridgeDescription

Yucaipa Regional Park is a lovely park and campground nestled against the Crafton Hills near Yucaipa, California. This quiet park has sweeping vistas of the Crafton Hills and of the rugged San Bernardino Mountains. The park features many fun activities, like hiking, equestrian riding, fishing, and disc golf, as well as picnic areas and a swim lagoon with water slides and a white sandy beach. This is another great park to relax at or to use as a base to explore the many local attractions in Oak Glen, Redlands, and Riverside.

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Campground Review – Rancho Jurupa Regional Park – Riverside, CA

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Rancho Jurupa Regional Park Fishing PondDescription

Rancho Jurupa Regional Park is a peaceful park and campground in the semi-rural bottom-land of the Santa Anna River, near Riverside, California. This quiet park has sweeping vistas of boulder-dotted Mount Rubidoux and the Jurupa Hills, as well as distant views of the San Gabriel Mountains. The park features many fun activities, like biking, running, fishing, disc golf and mini golf, as well as picnic areas and the Splash Pad water park. This is a great park to relax at or to use as a base to explore the many arts, entertainment and shopping venues offered nearby in Riverside.

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Campground Review – Lake Skinner Recreation Area – Winchester, California

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Lake Skinner Recreation Area, Winchester, CA

Description

The Lake Skinner Recreation Area is a lovely park and campground in the heart of the Temecula Wine Country. This quiet park has sweeping vistas of rolling California grassland and boulder-dotted hills. The park features many fun activities, like hiking, biking, running, boating, fishing, and equestrian riding, as well as picnic areas and the Splash Zone water park. This is a great base from which to explore the surrounding wine country.

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Campground Review – Silent Valley Club – Banning, California

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Silent Valley Entrance

Description

The Silent Valley Club is a lovely members-owned and family friendly camping resort tucked into a 460-acre expanse of managed wilderness in the San Jacinto Mountains of southern California. This jewel of a park has 850 campsites, most with full hookup water, electric and sewer service. Campsites are in an open parkland of meadow with scattered live oak, sugar pine, sycamore and walnut trees; are nestled against weathered outcrops of mossy boulders; or are tucked into deeper stands of live oak forest. The park is open year-round and features many resort amenities and activities. The staff is friendly and welcoming. The campground has a real feeling of community, as members become friends and look forward to returning, year after year.

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