4/28/2009

April 24, 2009 – The Alaskan Highway – Part 4

We woke this morning to another snow/flurry storm so we did some shopping in Wal-Mart, Canadian Tire and the Dollar Store.  We also made some phone calls and found a campground in Burwash Landing that was open so that will be our next stop.

The storm ended by 11 AM, the sun came out so we decided to head up the highway.  We did not want to stay another night at Wal-Mart (our policy – one night only) and we did find one campground (actually parking lot) open in Whitehorse but very expensive (not sure why???).  We figured if the storm continued we would move there but to our relief it ended (although we did go thru some snow squalls as you can see in the pictures).

So today’s travels took us past the St. Elias Mountains, The Kluane Mountains, and Kluane Lake (which is also still frozen).  And of course, the scenery is incredible:

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We did see wild horses:

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and a wolf (sorry, no picture, he was too fast).

So tonight we are at Burwash Landing with electric hookups.  (And we have finally been able to get water and dump – we have not been able to do that since last Saturday – yikees!). There are a number of places run by towns or gas stations that have dumps and water, however, many are still snowed in.   Although this is like a parking lot, we are at the upper end of the lake and here is our view:

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How about that!!!

We are not sure where we are going next…but that is part of the adventure – :-)))

Miles Traveled: 169 Miles

Routes Traveled:

YK: PH-1

1 comment:

Skil's & Me said...

Great Pics! I'll be following your blog as long as you can keep it going.It looks like a "Great Adventure" Enjoy yourselves and be careful. Jim, from S.Florida.