The rules of excess civilization are creeping into the Yukon, even though only 30,000 people live here. All the rest areas we looked at were signed "NO Camping" and most of the Provincial campground were still closed, so we pressed on to Whitehorse and dipped into
The Caribou RV Park 16 miles east of town. We've got the place to ourselves and they even have a restaurant for breakfast right on the property. The Swiss owner serenaded us with his accordion. Good stuff.
Other then a few rigs carrying supplies up and down the highway we literally had the road to ourselves and the bears. The road is in superb shape and the rough patches are clearly marked. When the signs say slow down, they mean slow down ... now! It took only the first winter-broken spot to teach us that lesson.
Here are a few snaps from the day's journey past the Sign Forest in Watson Lake, across the bridge at Teslin, and up and over the Rockies again.
We couldn't help ourselves!
The Sign Forest at Watson Lake, see anything unique?
Our lunch stop. Can you find the sea gull? Seriously!
The bridge at Teslin, Yukon. The metal decking made us all 'squishy' going across.
Uh oh. Tried to enlarge a pic by clicking on it.
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I sees the seagull. Lower right. Right? Enlarges fine now.
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Ah yes, metal decking - just like in Iceland, except in Iceland it is only 1.5 lanes wide with pull outs for passing and several miles long across the glacial "sandur" (where the melting glacier water runs complete with huge blocks of ice when the volcano blows and melts everything in a hurry) - very exciting in big wind! But built to last those raging rivers full of ice.
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