Whitehorse, Yukon Territory--June 18-20, 2010

Time to leave Watson Lake and head to Whitehorse! One of the volunteers at the welcome center told us to be sure to visit Little Rancheria Falls......so we did. It was just a short drive from Watson Lake and worth the time just to get out and stretch!At the end of the trail, there were 2 small waterfalls flowing into the Rancheria River.We enjoyed the walk to the falls.So far, the scenery has been good, the road has been good, the company was good as always, but it has been a long trip. We are looking forward to reaching Alaska so we can slow down!

This is a view from the rv after we left the falls! We were going to travel around/through that?!?!?Before reaching Whitehorse, we crossed this bridge going into Teslin.
Since we had been camping without hook-ups since Dawson Creek, we decided to go with a 'city' park in Whitehorse. There is no picture of that site as rvs were crammed one next to the other in sardine fashion. It was a wonder those with 4 slides were able to put them out it was so close!
We intended to do some sightseeing, geocaching, laundry, and grocery shopping in Whitehorse.

After we registered at the campground, we decided we should go see the local show "Frantic Follies." We purchased our tickets at the campground for the Friday evening show----it was Friday evening! After dinner we drove into town, parked and walked around a bit before the show. The show was great--vaudeville style. There were several skits based on poetry by Robert Service. To hear his poems you would think he was a seasoned sourdough miner when in actuality he was a bank teller who arrived after the gold rush!Saturday we started with some geocaches, (yes, there was one at the welcome sign...what a surprise!)then went back to the rv to do laundry. It sure piles up when you aren't looking. This was the most expensive laundry day, yet. Two dollars to wash and two dollars to dry each load!

We also found Wal-Mart and bought some snacks and milk. Have I told you about prices? Well, this was the first milk we purchased that was NOT over $5 for 4 liters! Eggs are also expensive--$3.89 a dozen. The bread in most small town grocery stores was reasonable--they bake it on site--no brand names.

Sunday we continued with geocaching. Our first stop was the Klondike. It is actually Klondike II since Klondike I sank.From the Klondike, we went to the airport to see the big weather vane--a perfectly balanced C47. Just a slight wind makes it turn!As we drove around looking for caches, we passed this float plane base on Schwatka Lake.While we were looking for a cache this little ground squirrel scampered past us to get the dandelion he so desperately wanted.
We made our way into Miles Canyon where the Yukon River is very narrow compared to its width in Whitehorse, just a few miles downstream.
There was a hiking trail which crossed the pedestrian bridge built across the river.We enjoyed our time in Whitehorse, but once again it was time to be on our way--Alaska was calling and we still had a long way to go.