Post # 43 Liard River to Whitehorse Yukon Territory

Friday May 30, 2014

Nita decided she didn’t want to go to the hot springs this morning so we started out for Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. The engine seemed to be running OK but after a while the temp gage started climbing and the transmission gage started getting hotter.  It didn't get to the danger zone so I just kept watching it all day--392 miles. It would rise and drop, rise and drop, until finally it decided to drop and stay there. Both in the normal range. I’ll see if there’s a diesel shop open tomorrow (Saturday--maybe) and get them to look at it. Otherwise, if we don’t decide to stay here, we’ll head North again.

Along the way we did see some bears and some Bison (Buffalo) and I think we got a few good pictures of them. So will post them here.  The highway was much better for traveling than the stretch between Fort Nelson and Liard river.. We were told that there wouldn't be much wild life to be seen but we did see some. .

Stephanie at Liard Hot Springs Park.




Monument for the surveyors work for the Alaska Canadian (ALCAN) Highway until construction was completed and then renamed the Alaska Highway (officially)



                                                Brown Black Bear--not a grizzley

YUKON Larger Than Life

Welcome to Yukon

Guess where we are? The highway crosses the Yukon-BC line seven times before becoming official.



                                             Everybody's been here

Watson Lake and the crossroads of BC and Yukon. The entire block was posted  signs  from everywhere and anywhere. If you didn't have one they would make it for you. No. we didn’t get one but should have

          The longest steel bridge in the Yukon

Everybody has one in their business yard