Day 4 of our trip found us leaving Fort Nelson in British Columbia and heading to Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory. Weather this morning was rainy and heavily overcast so we weren't sure of what to expect of the day. Since the last two days started out sunny and turned stormy by the middle of the morning our hope was that since this one started out stormy it would clear up by mid-morning and give us a nice sunny day. Well, that is what happened. We had a beautiful day with only an occasional spritz of rain in some of the higher elevations. It started getting light this morning by about 3:00 am but we were in no shape to start that early. We finally got ourselves going by about 4:30 and were out the door by 5:20.
We had a great drive today and arrived at our hotel here in Whitehorse at 5:20 pm completing another 12 hour day on the road. One of the things that made the drive so much fun was all the wildlife we were able to see. Today alone we saw 3 black bears, a dozen or more bighorn sheep, thirty to forty buffalo including a number of young calves and Debra and I each saw a Bald Eagle at separate times of the day. The scenery was spectacular and at virtually every bend in the road we saw incredible vistas that would make any travel brochure sparkle and pop. I must confess that our photos that we did capture will likely fail to show how great the views were.
We did hit a couple of construction areas today and they were quite the experience. Apparently the way they repair the roads up here is to literally plow up the old road surface, run a grader over it to level/smooth it out and then repack it with steamrollers. Now we're not sure if that is all they do or if they come back and put oil and gravel on or how they finish the surface. What we experienced first hand is that if you drive on that road after it gets wet your car gets covered in a fine mist of mud. Here are a couple of photos showing what our car looked like after traversing two of those construction zones.
I guess that's about it for today. We are having a great trip and everything is going well. This is our last night in Canada on the way up and by tomorrow around mid-day we will arrive in Alaska. All the people we have interacted with here in Canada have been great and we have enjoyed it all. Until tomorrow, Happy Trails Everyone.
Tom & Debra.
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