The first night we were in Whitehorse we had a steak cookout at the campground. The next day we went on a boat tour on the Yukon River and Lake Schwatka; and in the evening we went to the Frantic Follies Show.
On Thursday we rode the White Pass & Yukon Railroad from Fraser to Skagway. This railroad was built in 1898 to support the Gold Rush. It took 3500 men just over two years to complete and went through some of the worst terrain ever for a RR. The scenery was magnificent.
We head next to Carmack for dry camping for one night and then onto Dawson City, YK.

Miles Canyon

Miles Canyon

Lake Schwatka

Just for Marc

Just for Marc

Just for Marc

We had on car for just the caravan.

View from the train

View from the train

View from the train

Train Terminal with the cruise sip in background.

Town Of Skagway

We arrived in Whitehorse on Tuesday July 20th, Whitehorse is the capitol of the Yukon Territory. The population here is 30,000, the population for the whole territory is 37,000. There is a lot of uninhabited area. The road keeps changing every day.

We visited the sign forest at our next stop in Watson Lake. There are some 60,000 signs here from all over the world. Of course we had to hang our own up. We stayed here just two nights, our next stop is Whitehorse, Yk. IT is the largest town in the Yukon, it has the only Walmart in the whole territory. We will leave Tuesday morning.

This photo is for you Kristen

Entrance to the sign forest, this was started by one
lonely GI in 1942 while building the Alaska Highway

Hanging our caravan sign

We traveled Friday to Toad River, BC and camped at the Poplar Campground. The owners were very nice; they made ten rhubarb and fruit pies for the entire group, when he left in his plane he did a roll down the valley where we were sitting by the campfire. The views from our campsites were magnificent. The area was just off of the Alaska Highway but had no power and the camp was run off of generators. He also told me of some great views from on top a mountain where there was a gravel road to service a microwave tower. It was a fourteen mile drive from 2400 feet to 5549 feet, and in the last two miles we climbed 1200 feet. It was well worth the white knuckle drive; we could see hundreds of miles in every direction.

Top of mountain where the microwave tower was.

Top of mountain where the microwave tower was.

Top of mountain where the microwave tower was.

This is the valley below that we had to drive through to get to the top.
As we were driving we spooked a moose and she ran in front of us for
a couple hundred yards before going up into the bushes.

Top of mountain where the microwave tower was.

Campfire Time

View from the campground

View from the campground

Big Cinnamon Buns.

Road to Toad River, we are getting into more mountains.

We next traveled to Fort Nelson in B.C. Just a short walk from the campground was a nice little museum. The old gentleman in the photo volunteered there and owened some of the vehicles on display

We left Dawson Creek on Wednesday going to Fort Nelson. We will leave Fort Nelson tomorrow, Friday and go to Muncho Lake for two Days. I don't know when we will have internet access again. This area is just oil and gas wells and pipelines. All the campgrounds are 50% full of these workers. The Alaska highway is in much better condition so far than I imagined.

Alaska Highway

Alaska Highway

Curved wooden bridge on the old section of the highway built in 1942.

We had a very laid back day, did the laundry, went to town to see the car show and just walked around the campground. The weather has been very good getting into the mid eighties during the day and dropping into the fifties at night.
The yellow fields are used for canola oil. Canola is a cultivar that was developed from rapeseed. Rapeseed, part of the crucifer family of plants, is related to mustard, turnip and cabbage. You see endless fields of canola throughout Alberta and British Columbia.

View from the campground

View from the campground

At the car show

At the car show

We left Gillette as planned on Monday and traveled to Reed Point Montana just for the night. The next day we went as far as Great Falls Mt and spent the night at Walmart. We left there the next day on Wednesday and made it into Canada by mid morning. Our destination for the day was High River in Alberta, we stopped in Nanton on the way at the Air Museum and the Garden Railroad display. We stayed in High River two years ago and liked the town for it many murals, campground and friendly people.
The next morning we headed for White Court AB for two nights. It was a very busy town supporting the oil drilling and pipeline industry.
We left Saturday morning for Dawson Creek in British Columbia with a quick stop in Beaverlodge. Our caravan leaders Al and Gracie met there some fifty years ago, Gracie was born and raised there and Al was stationed there in the Armed services.
We arrived in Dawson Creek in early afternoon, this is where the caravan starts on Monday afternoon.
We ate dinner at the campground and then went to Mass in town about two miles away, it is the only Catholic Church for over 100 miles. After Church we visited The mile 0 marker of the Al Can Highway.

Mile Zero Of the Alaska Highway

Beaverlodge

Murals in High River

Garden RR

Art Work off of RCAF WWII Planes

Air Museum

We have spent the last two weeks at the Airstream International rally in Gillette, WY. We will leave here on Monday July 5th heading for our Alaska rally start point in Dawson Creek, BC. It is about thirteen hundred mile to get there and we will do some sightseeing along the way.

Many of the vintage trailers parked together and had an open house one day.

We also went on a coal mine tour one day.
This area produces 380,000,000 tons of coal every year.