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July 11 - Dawson Creek, BC July 12 – Tetsa River, BC July 13 – Watson Lake, Yukon Territory July 14-15 – Whitehorse, Yukon Territory July 16 - Tok, Alaska
The Alaskan Highway officially begins at Dawson Creek; “Mile 0” and ends at Delta Jct, Mile 1422. Naturally, we started at Dawson Creek. Our first day we saw 3 kinds of bear, lots of deer, moose, caribou, long horn sheep, mountain goats and lots and lots of rabbits.
There are lots of bright yellow canola fields in the plains of Alberta and British Columbia. Then, in the mountains, there's lots of beautiful green lakes and water falls.
We stopped for the night at Tetsa River. This was owned and operated by a three generation family. They had about 8 RV spots and a generator that they shut off at 10:00PM and turned back on at 7:00AM. Very remote, reminded me of Colombia.
The next day we saw only foxes. We passed into the Yukon Territory. The Yukon has a total population of less than 30,000 and 22,000 live in Whitehorse. So the rest of it, being so sparsely populated, means that you can drive for miles and miles and not see another human. Truly a wilderness.
We spent the night at Watson Lake. They have a very interesting park, about a city block in size, with sign posts and license plates from all over the world; lots from Texas. That was fun to walk through.
We spent a couple of days in Whitehorse. We played golf, first golf course I ever played that had switch backs on the cart path, and oh, by the way, I beat Dwight in both holes and strokes. We hiked along the Yukon River, walked over the bridge at Miles Canyon, went to the fish ladder (the salmon were at Dawson City working their way upstream), visited a 100 year old log church, and had dinner at The Klondike Rib and Salmon BBQ. The electricity went out in the entire town for almost an hour, so we waited in line before they would seat us until the power came back on. Just like Plano on a Friday night.
While walking along the Miles Canyon, we met a teenage boy and his Dad. The boy had his bathing on so I asked him if he was thinking of jumping and he said YES, he did it everyday. What a treat. The canyon was about a 40-50 feet drop, the water about 50 degrees, and the current very swift. His dad said he was a high adrenalin, type A kid and would be doing drugs if he wasn’t doing this. When the kids came back up, we asked him what he did for fun in the winter. His dad said he was the top snow boarder in the Yukon. We may see him in the Olympics some day.
We do meet some very interesting people along the way. We brought a case of Josh McDowell’s little book, More Than a Carpenter, to pass out as we go, praying God will use it to speak to some. Christ is the only mediator between God and man, those are His words, not mine, and that’s really all you ever need to know.
On Sunday afternoon, July 16, we crossed the US border into Alaska. Always good to be back in the great US. We drove to Tok, a one restaurant town that makes good blueberry pancakes. We probably won’t order the reindeer sausage again.
Blessings to all!
(be sure and click "view more photos" so that you can see all of these great pictures!)
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RVThereyet? says:
Hi Linda, The roads were good. Very little construction, mostly paved. We had only our spare tire for the car and one for the trailer. Didn't need either one. You will really enjoy the trip. Hope you have bought a Milepost. It was very helpful. Carol
RVThereyet? says:
Last message was for Teak. This one is for Linda. Linda, We are actually at City of Kenai now. We will check in our project on Friday. We are going to be working at the Solid Rock Bible Camp in Soldatna. We will be there Aug 1-25 or so. Please look us up. SOWERS stands for Servants On Wheels Ever Ready. It is an RV ministry. We work project all over to US and a few in Canada. You volunteer for i month (3 weeks) and commit to that. You can work as many projects as you want. We have many full timers that work about 10 projects each year. We worked 7 months last year, but are working only 2 this year. We hope that you will look us up. Blessings, Carol Martin SOWER #2537
teak says:
We will definitely look you up! We hope to be arriving in Kenai - well, who knows! We have never traveled that far with our 5-w and don't know how many miles per day our backs can take! We leave tomorrow and hope to arrive somewhere around the 12th???? We would take it really slow if it weren't for the lateness in the season and that the fish are beckoning my husband. We thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog and looking at the pictures. We would really like to meet you in Kenai! SOWERS sounds so interesting and I can almost promise we will be interested in participating in some way! We are also wanting to find out about your plans for New Mexico in October since we live in NM! Another question: How hard was it to find ways to get online while traveling through Canada? I really want to keep up my blogs.
teak says:
Hi, Linda here, again. Yes, we have a Milepost. I invite you to take a look at my other blog: www.lindateakell.blogspot.com and my son and daughter-in-law's: www.teakells.blogspot.com. They live in Kenai and we will be parking at their house. Our son is quite a character. There is never a dull moment when around him. They have two canoes and are anxious to show us some back country. Hmmmmm.... GRRRRRR :) Hummmmm. Like I said, "Never a dull moment!"
RVThereyet? says:
Hi Linda, I have a dear friend named Linda in Plano. I can't believe you live in NM. Yes, we will be working a project in Oct just outside of El Capitan. How fun. Your son sounds great. Such a small world. Internet was very difficult while travelling. Downloading the pics can take a long time. Very few places even have wi fi. When you get to the big cities, you have to get it all done. I've checked your blog. Great job. Keep it up. Friends and family love it. See ou in a couple of weeks. God be with you as you travel. Carol
teak says:
I'm thinking you mean "Capitan". It is near Ruidosa. I will be BEAUTIFUL in October. Leaves will be all colors but the weather gorgeous. Of course, after Alaska, probably it will take a lot to impress you.. :) We will look for you at the Soldotna Bible Camp.
teak says:
We are leaving eastern New Mexico - our home - 7-26 and driving to Kenai. I enjoyed reading your blog. Also, delighted to read you "know the Carpenter". How were the roads? We are pulling a 5th wheel. Do you suggest more than one spare for truck and trailor?