ALCAN HIGHWAY TODAY

I know I keep saying that the drive is awesome, but today was so really great I don’t know any other way to describe it! What was nice is that this road was a two-lane highway marked with the rough patches. We did hit some patches of light rain but the sun was shining by the time we arrived at our destination. 

Along the way Kathe spotted a black bear crossing the road. We slowed down and the bear jumped the K-rail and disappeared into the woods before we could get a picture. He was a small bear, but we were glad he was off the road so that we didn’t hit him. 

A few more miles down the highway we saw a big rig pulled over to the side of the road. Apparently, the driver had hit a large female moose and his truck was disabled. Later we saw the driver here at the motel for the night, I guess his truck was not drivable after the accident.  Have to keep your eyes wide open here on the highways of Alaska.

We arrived a little after 1:00 at the Yukon Lakeside RV Park. It’s pretty primitive but we have 20 amp and water but no sewer. Have to watch our water for the two nights we are here. They don’t have much around here, just a trading post and a restaurant. There is a wildlife museum which the humans visited this afternoon which can only be described as a taxidermy museum as there were an awful lot of life-like dead animals on display.

Pictures today are of the drive today on the ALCAN Highway.

Tonight’s cocktail was a Lemon Drop Martini.  We had to use up our lemons before we cross the border in Skagway.