HELL OF A HIGHWAY

This morning we left Otter Falls (Haines Junction) in the early morning even though we had paid for two nights, one was night there was more than enough. We set out for Beaver Creek on Highway 1. The first part of the trip was beautiful. Snow covered mountains, Glaciers and meadows of wildflowers everywhere. We even saw two black bears playing in the grass. 

Unfortunately, that beautiful trip became a nightmare. Many, many miles of gravel roads and hundreds of potholes bouncing us as we drove to reach our destination. Some of the potholes and frost heaves were marked with orange flags, but many seemed to appear out of nowhere. After one particularly jarring pothole the jeep developed a terrible wobble and we had to pull over and stop to investigate. They call that wobble the ‘death wobble’ and it could have been the end of our trip. Lucky that wasn’t the case and we continued another bumpy 40 or 50 miles until we thankfully reached our destination, Discovery Yukon Lodging.

We’re still actually 30 miles from Beaver Creek, but this RV Park is the only one for miles around. It is a beautiful park with tall pine trees and lots of grass between each site. After the hard drive today it was wonderful to land here where we could spread out and relax. Pictures of the park tomorrow.

Tonight’s cocktail was the “Mosquito Bite” Vodka, coconut rum, cranberry juice and pineapple juice.