A little to add to yesterday the 22nd.
Found hotspot at a Watson Lake service station and made some Skype calls to my cousin Dick and Rena from Hague NY. We also talked to Lowell and Vicki from Mission, TX . Lowell and Vicki have spent a month in the boundary waters campgrounds in the Minnesota north country on the shores of Lake Superior. They have been without any form of communications for a month, they found out they did just fine.
We slowly made our way from the Liard River Springs Provincial campground, mile post 477 to the Teslin River Provincial campground. It is a park on the shore of Teslin Lake, one of the Yukon chain lakes. This was the last leg to Whitehorse, YT.
July 23rd our 23 day
Our next point of interest was in Watson Lake, Yukon Territory, It is a interesting and historical point of interest called the " Watson Lake Sign Post Forest" and is reported to have 55000 signs from all around the world. Of course we got our wooden sign from the RV and Barbara and I displayed it along with all the others. We did not leave it as some do. It was a photo op that I will post up later. Please goggle Watson Lake Sign Post Forest for more information.
We pushed on to Whitehorse, YT and got into town just afternoon. Stopped at the visitor center, picked up information, and watched a presentation about the Yukon area. The gold rush days brought many thousands to this area in the 1890's and 1900's, and many made a fortune. We walked around this historic town some and purchased gasoline. This is a busy town that is also the capital city of the Yukon Territory. We also had a couple of items to pickup at the Walmart.
Wow, we were surprised to find around 60 RVer's parked in the parking lot. In the past, I have seen about a dozen before, but this is unbelievable. About the Walmart Lurkers... It is the Walmart corp policy to allow RVers' to rest stop on the parking lots. These lurkers spend a few hours and also a lot of money with Walmart. Some cities have enacted/enforced local laws to stop this and try and force the RVers' to patronize the local privately owned campgrounds.
Barb and I visited with a fellow travel from Ontario. Orval and Ellen have traveled Alaska before and were able to answer questions we asked and also pass along all kinds of helpful information about the area. He is a retired pipeline construction welder that has traveled to many locations around the world for the Brown and Root corp. They are on their way back to Ontario.
I asked at the visitor center where Sgt Preston was and they indicated that he was at Dawson City area checking on a gold mine claim jumper. I guess we will head that direction tomorrow. It is about 330 miles to Klondike and Dawson, which will be a two day drive at least. Dawson is a town on the Klondike Loop that at the height of the gold rush ballooned to around 300k population. There is still a lot of gold being mined in the area. We are equipped with pick, shovel, and pan, therefore I am sure we will be successful. Anyone wanting to purchase shares, just email me. In the above picture, you will notice that I already have a start on the gold mining. I think we will spend two to three days there before starting the second part of the Loop known as the "Top of the World Highway" that will take us to Chicken, AK. It however is not known for being a good road. At the Alaskan border going west, it turns to gravel and becomes a test of nerve and skills.
John and a little bit of Barbara
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