Whitehorse, again

Moutains of Kluane National Park and Kluane Lake

We passed the 10,000 kilometer mark yesterday, and still have many more to go before we return.  Although it was a long drive, and very rough road through the Beaver Creek area, it was still beautiful to drive along the mountains that make up Kluane National Park.  It is definitely fall now, and cool at night and in the morning.  It didn’t freeze last night though, so it’s not the coldest night we’ve had.  It’s so cold in the morning that Enid actually likes to wash the dishes, as it warms her hands!

We drove a long way yesterday after we found that our tire couldn’t be repaired, since we decided that we would go to Whitehorse and get new tires.  Since it is Saturday todaywe wanted to make sure we got in before noon, and drove all the way to Haines Junction, stopping at the Pine Lake campground about 8 pm Alaska time.  Since the Yukon is on Pacific Time we’ve lost an hour, so that we arrived at 9 pm Pacific, and it was getting dark by the time we had a quick supper and got the tent up.  This morning we drove to Whitehorse and found a place to get four new tires, so the reason for the late night and early start was justified.

We will now be heading down through the BC interior to Prince Rupert, where we take the ferry to Vancouver Island.  We may not have any Internet access for the next few days.