Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

We spent four days in the Pioneer RV Park in Whitehorse, YT, the capitol of the Yukon Territory.  The town, not the RV Park. 

Nice town, centered on outdoor activities and wildlife.  Young buff men and women carrying knapsacks mixing with sallow RVers carrying cameras, the men taking pictures of the young buff women.  Me, I took pictures of the sallow RVers.

We enjoyed the McBride Museum, with exhibits on wildlife and history of the Yukon.  Sorry - too lazy to take pictures.

Then the Beringia Museum, which documented the flora and fauna present on the "land bridge" between Russia and Alaska before the most recent ice age that ended just 15,000 years ago.

We are both reading James Michener's Alaska novel (1,073 pages), and he spends the first 106 pages on the people and animals of that time and place.

Finally we toured the Transportation Museum, with exhibits of trains, boats, and planes used during gold rush times.  The piece de resistance was the world's largest weather vane.

Oh, wait, we also showed up at the Yukon Brewery, motto "Beer worth freezing for."  They have created the perfect northwest beer.  Their Midnight Sun contains beer and espresso!  Brilliant!!  Why dirty an extra glass?

Then hit the road for 200 miles to another rest stop with views of snow covered mountains higher than Mt. Rainier.

On the way, we saw our first two grizzly bears along the side of the road.

Tomorrow we reach Alaska, after driving over reportedly our first BAD ROADS!

Bruce