We’re In a Big City!

Around noon today we arrived in Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon. We’re at a campground where we parked on a gravel surface; no grass in this campground. However, they do have an RV/Car wash which we made use of right away.
Those of us going north are dirty from some small gravel patches. Those coming south are DIRTY! It’s amazing how dirty the RV and car can get. Apparently there is a huge stretch (around 150 miles) of gravel road coming up for us. The motorhome tires throw rocks and dirt on the Saturn. We’ve already got a cracked windshield and another chip in the windshield. We’ll get them replaced when we get back in MN.

Happy Father’s Day to all those guys out there! Paige took the big step and called her Dad for Father’s Day and David who will be celebrating his 40th birthday tomorrow. It was so good to talk to family after being out of touch since we got in Canada 2 weeks ago. Once we get to Alaska communication should be easier.

We only had a 100 mile trip today and there were just two stops. The first was at a bakery right after we crossed the Teslin River Bridge (3rd longest span on this highway). Our second stop was at a bridge and dam over the Yukon River.

Because this is the biggest town we’ve been in since Edmonton last week, we took the opportunity to get provisions (aka groceries). They have 2 grocery stores in town (although it looked like one was closed). And we stopped at the Visitors Center to gather some information for tomorrow.

Tomorrow we’ll be staying here so we’ll be doing some tourist stuff in Whitehorse. Also, they have a Tim Horton’s!! We’re going to see a play – Frantic Follies – that sounds pretty fun. Also, they have a yarn shop here – yippee!

Fun fact – sunrise here is at 6:28 a.m.; sunset is at 1:34 a.m. This is 19 hours and 6 minutes of daylight.