We left Tok, Alaska on Sunday to another day of dreary, drizzly weather. It was 36 degrees when we woke up and the radio weather reports were predicting snow flurries for Fairbanks. Guess we left just in time. Will we ever see the sun again! We had a pretty uneventful drive through customs, both leaving Alaska and entering Canada. We drove to Haines Junction and stayed at the Kluane RV Kampground for the night. We had stayed here on the way to Alaska and just as before we had electric but the WiFi was not working. Needless to say Bob was not too happy since our cell phones had not worked since leaving Alaska. We were at least thankful to have the electric because it was damp and cold. I took a couple of pictures of the Kluane Mountain Range that is visible directly behind the RV park with a little dusting of snow on the peaks already.
We were up early this morning in hopes of reaching Watson Lake, the Yukon today. We were sitting at the table eating breakfast, when Bob saw, out of the corner of his eye, a little hitchhiker looking at us from the counter top. It was like a Chinese circus - us jumping up - Bob grabbing the broom and chasing this little mouse toward the stove top; me opening the door in hopes that he could scoot the little varmint out the door. Needless to say, all that was in vain. The little critter scooted under the stove top and we lost him. When Bob lifted up the stove top to look for him, the only thing we found were about 100 peanuts that he had stored there from a bag I had fixed and left on the counter top to put in the truck. Guess where our first stop was after leaving Haines Junction - good old Wal Mart in Whitehorse, The Yukon for a trusty mouse trap. We tried to set it right away, but as you can guess, it tripped from all the bumps from the frost heaves on the Alaska Highway. What a start to the morning. We feel that he decided winter was going to be difficult in Tok, Alaska and he decided to take a ride to Arizona with us. We had not seen any signs of him until this morning, so we knew he had not been with us for long. We will see what happens tonight. Since he seems to love peanuts we bated the traps with peanut butter. After that start for the day, everything else seems to have been anticlimactic. The weather continued to be somewhat cloudy all day, but no rain. The leaves are just turning in this part of our journey and it was actually very pretty to see all the vibrant yellow colors. When we came through this area on our way to Alaska the lakes and rivers were still frozen and the scenery was predominantly brown.
The frost heaves are still there, but we are now more aware of them. We did hit a few bumps and rearranged a few items in the 5th wheel, but nothing drastic. Our goal was to reach Watson Lake today and we decided to pull into the first RV park that was still open and offering WiFi so that Bob could catch up on banking, etc. We pulled into the Nugget City about 20 miles outside of Watson Lake, The Yukon around 330pm. They offered electric, cable TV and most important - WiFi. It was a "tad" expensive but we needed to be able to have computer access to let our family know where we were and what are plans are. We are in that part of Canada where we do not have cell phone coverage but we have TV. This is a real treat for us. We have not watched TV since May. Hard to believe that we got along without it, but it was actually pretty nice not to be inundated with all the negative news on the air. We are heading down the Cassiar Highway tomorrow - a different route than we took coming up to Alaska. We have heard good and bad about it - like 70 miles of dirt road - but outstanding scenery and wild life. Despite our travels, we have still not seen any wild life on the roads other than Ravens - unless you want to count our little hitchhiker!
We were up early this morning in hopes of reaching Watson Lake, the Yukon today. We were sitting at the table eating breakfast, when Bob saw, out of the corner of his eye, a little hitchhiker looking at us from the counter top. It was like a Chinese circus - us jumping up - Bob grabbing the broom and chasing this little mouse toward the stove top; me opening the door in hopes that he could scoot the little varmint out the door. Needless to say, all that was in vain. The little critter scooted under the stove top and we lost him. When Bob lifted up the stove top to look for him, the only thing we found were about 100 peanuts that he had stored there from a bag I had fixed and left on the counter top to put in the truck. Guess where our first stop was after leaving Haines Junction - good old Wal Mart in Whitehorse, The Yukon for a trusty mouse trap. We tried to set it right away, but as you can guess, it tripped from all the bumps from the frost heaves on the Alaska Highway. What a start to the morning. We feel that he decided winter was going to be difficult in Tok, Alaska and he decided to take a ride to Arizona with us. We had not seen any signs of him until this morning, so we knew he had not been with us for long. We will see what happens tonight. Since he seems to love peanuts we bated the traps with peanut butter. After that start for the day, everything else seems to have been anticlimactic. The weather continued to be somewhat cloudy all day, but no rain. The leaves are just turning in this part of our journey and it was actually very pretty to see all the vibrant yellow colors. When we came through this area on our way to Alaska the lakes and rivers were still frozen and the scenery was predominantly brown.
The frost heaves are still there, but we are now more aware of them. We did hit a few bumps and rearranged a few items in the 5th wheel, but nothing drastic. Our goal was to reach Watson Lake today and we decided to pull into the first RV park that was still open and offering WiFi so that Bob could catch up on banking, etc. We pulled into the Nugget City about 20 miles outside of Watson Lake, The Yukon around 330pm. They offered electric, cable TV and most important - WiFi. It was a "tad" expensive but we needed to be able to have computer access to let our family know where we were and what are plans are. We are in that part of Canada where we do not have cell phone coverage but we have TV. This is a real treat for us. We have not watched TV since May. Hard to believe that we got along without it, but it was actually pretty nice not to be inundated with all the negative news on the air. We are heading down the Cassiar Highway tomorrow - a different route than we took coming up to Alaska. We have heard good and bad about it - like 70 miles of dirt road - but outstanding scenery and wild life. Despite our travels, we have still not seen any wild life on the roads other than Ravens - unless you want to count our little hitchhiker!
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