Friday morning found us underway early joining the Alaska
Highway southbound crossing the U.S. – Canadian border about 80 miles distant
around 11 AM. From here the
highway deteriorated on our trip up and does not disappoint for the
return. Not more than a mile into
Canada we hit our first invisible frost heave with a jolt. From here the road got worse as we were
barely able to distinguish construction zones from “normal” pavement. This lasted until we reach Destruction
Bay on Lake Kluane about 180 miles away.
We endure the road though the scenery in wonderful.
Just south of the lake we are rewarded with sighting of a
very large Kodiak Bear sitting near the road just looking around for a while
before sauntering off to eat some more berries. We fuel in Haines Junction and then stop for the night at
the Otter Falls Campground about 40 miles east. By this evening we have left all the smoke from the forest
fires in Alaska to enjoy a beautiful sunset.
By the way, the days are
getting shorter here by about 6 minutes per day that is noticeable. We are also seeing the first signs of
fall foliage today.
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| Crossing the border in Yukon |
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| Sharon and Joy sadly say goodbye to Alaska |
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| Yukon construction project |
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| Border crossing through Customs |
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| Destruction Bay Police Vehicle |
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| Approaching Kluane Lake |
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| Yukon's St. Elias Mountain Range |
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| They use the term "Highway" loosely up here" |
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