And further along we go and closer to the USA even though we're probably still close to 1600 miles away.
Away we go again.
Another view of the buffalo.
We got all excited when we saw this buffalo.
We stopped here at Watson Lake to spend the night and also fueled up. The guy at the station told us we could spend the night right where we are at, but after Tommy cleaned the windshield we decided that it was good to go so we went on a few more miles.
They've got flags of many countries, if not all, displayed along both sides of the road.
We are at Watson Lake BC. This is the Municipal Building that houses the community's library. Watson Lake was originally known as Fish Lake. It was renamed for Frank Watson, who settled here in 1898 with his wife, Adela Watson. Watson was born in Tahoe City, California and had come north looking for gold. Watson Lake was an importantant point during construction of the Alaska Hwy in 1942. The Alaska Hwy helped bring both people and commerce to this once isolated settlement.
We are almost at Watson Lake. After we make it to Prince George we would of gone all around that red route. On our way into Alaska, we went down Hwy 16 and Hwy 37. Now we're coming the Alaskan Hwy, 97.
Here we are, all dirty again, taking a break and changing drivers.
And another view of the bridge, river and community.
A close up of the Teslin River Bridge.
The Teslin River Bridge.
We've made it to Teslin, so we've got a lot of the construction behind us. Teslin is situated at the confluence of the Nisutlin River and Teslin Lake. Teslin began as a trading post in 1903 and today it consists of a trading post, Catholic church, health centre and post office. Teslin has one of the largest Native populations in Yukon Territory and much of the community's livelihood revolves around traditionalk hunting, trapping and fishing.
More lakes and wilderness.
There's not very much traffic on the roads.
And long winding roads that look like they're leading up to no where.
And lots of water.
And more construction.
And further along we go and closer to the USA even though we're probably still close to 1600 miles away.
Away we go again.
Another view of the buffalo.
We got all excited when we saw this buffalo.
We stopped here at Watson Lake to spend the night and also fueled up. The guy at the station told us we could spend the night right where we are at, but after Tommy cleaned the windshield we decided that it was good to go so we went on a few more miles.
They've got flags of many countries, if not all, displayed along both sides of the road.
We are at Watson Lake BC. This is the Municipal Building that houses the community's library. Watson Lake was originally known as Fish Lake. It was renamed for Frank Watson, who settled here in 1898 with his wife, Adela Watson. Watson was born in Tahoe City, California and had come north looking for gold. Watson Lake was an importantant point during construction of the Alaska Hwy in 1942. The Alaska Hwy helped bring both people and commerce to this once isolated settlement.
We are almost at Watson Lake. After we make it to Prince George we would of gone all around that red route. On our way into Alaska, we went down Hwy 16 and Hwy 37. Now we're coming the Alaskan Hwy, 97.
Here we are, all dirty again, taking a break and changing drivers.
And another view of the bridge, river and community.
A close up of the Teslin River Bridge.
The Teslin River Bridge.
We've made it to Teslin, so we've got a lot of the construction behind us. Teslin is situated at the confluence of the Nisutlin River and Teslin Lake. Teslin began as a trading post in 1903 and today it consists of a trading post, Catholic church, health centre and post office. Teslin has one of the largest Native populations in Yukon Territory and much of the community's livelihood revolves around traditionalk hunting, trapping and fishing.
More lakes and wilderness.
There's not very much traffic on the roads.
And long winding roads that look like they're leading up to no where.
And lots of water.
And more construction.
On the road again. There are many long stretches of isolated roads.
Well here we are in our favorite place, Wally World in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Whitehorse has been the capital of Yukon Territory since 1953, and serves as the centre for transportation, communications and supplies for Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories. In 1974, the city limits of Whitehorse were expanded from the origina 2.7 square miles to 162 square miles, making Whitehorse at one time the largest metropolitan area in Canada. We are parked right in front of this orange pickup for the night. Several RVs were having problems with tires and other things. Yea, they better take care of those problems before they get deeper in the problem roads.
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