Days 29 30
On Wednesday we drove from Teslin to Whitehorse; got here early and immediately went off to the Yukon brewery for a tour and sampling session. Their beer is pretty good - I bought a six-pack of Yukon Gold for latter sampling. That took care of a lot of the day; but we did find time for a little shopping. In the evening we went to the Frantic Follies show downtown; we all enjoyed it (Carole and Marcel enjoyed it last time thru here). It never really gets dark here; sun seems to go down about 11 and I am told it is up at about 4; but if you get up in the night for whatever and look outside it isn't very dark.
Thursday was a fun day (no driving). First we went to the visitor centre to get the update on the "top-of-the-world" highway. It is still one lane with a pilot car for 15 miles. We have decided to skip Dawson City for now, stop at Destruction Bay tomorrow then on to Tok AK the next. That puts us a day ahead of schedule for all future stops; then we hope, in three weeks on the way back, that the hwy is in better shape and we can go via Dawson City on the way back (stay tuned).
We toured the S.S. Klondike (picture attached); had lunch at The Deli; visited the Pepsi ball diamond complex; and stopped to see the world's biggest weather vane (the DC3 in the picture really does rotate with the wind).
Then we took a tour up the Yukon, thru Miles Canyon on the Yukon River. The Yukon is the fastest flowing river we have ever seen. After the boat ride we drove to walk over the bridge (pic attached).
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