Days 3 to 5... ends up in Whitehorse

Day 3 – Tuesday June 7 – Other than a hard bed last night, all went well. Oh, well maybe not for Canucks fans. Apparently they lost by some amazingly huge amount, like 7-1.

Off we went on the Yellowhead Hywy to Kitwanga, where we bought some bannock from a girl at a little roadside hut. Moo said that “She was cute..”. Hehe. Yes, she was.. young and cute. And the bannock was deep-fried goodness with butter and jam.

Next little side trip was not far off the hwy. It was an old Native village named Gitanyou (or something like that) with a lot of old totem poles. Very cool. I'll add a pic of them. Definitely worth the detour.

It was a spectacular drive up the Stewart-Cassiar Hywy (37), and we saw about 8 bears, mostly yearlings. And we came across a majestic sight of about 7 wild horses standing on the hywy. Well, we THOUGHT they were wild (there ARE wild horses around here), but as we got closer, we heard cow bells. Somebody's boys and girls decided to take the day off!

Kinaskan Lake

We ended up at Kinaskan Lake campground... MAN it was beautiful! We had a gorgeous site! Had a bit of trouble setting up the new 'pop-up' tent, but eventually we did get it up. Took some sunset pics (the sun finally went down behind the mountain at 10:30 pm, and at 11:30 it was still light out when i went to bed.

We're definitely up north! And we're still 800 kms from Whitehorse!

Day 4 – June 8 - OH the day started with a nasty groan! Trying to get that damn 'pop-up' tent to 'pop' back down, was painful! It took us about an hour to finally figure it out, and it still didn't 'quite' fit into the bag! But once in the bag, it's beauty! A flat circle that just tucks on top of everything else jammed into the car! But MAN what a chore to get it down!

One of the first things we saw after starting out, was a grizzly bear yearling! I tried to get a pic, but he hid behind a bush (and pooed.. lovely). I did get a 2 second video of him running up the hill beside the road before i realized it was on video. Too bad i turned it off. I should have stayed on video, because the pics that i ended up taking were worthless. Still.. very cool... My first grizzly!

We saw more animals this day too. A dead porcupine in the road, which i promptly stopped, pulled off the road (so it wouldn't get more mashed than it already was), collected some quills & thanked him for them.


We sent throught a huge forest fire too! Well,the final dregs of it. Got a couple of pics of some hot spots still burning on the side of the road, and the vast black devastation. Told a firefighter about the hot spot, and he said the helicopters would deal with it.

Takhini Hotsprings

We ended up at Takhini Hotsprings Campground near Whitehorse. A small deciduous forest, with only pit toilets. It was only $17, but it cost us $8 each for a day pass to use the hotspring pool. We saved that expenditure for the next day.

Day 5 – June 9 - Our day in Whitehorse. Went to the Burnt Toast Cafe for lunch (we JUST missed breakfast). Good stuff! A smoked salmon sandwich & a Albacore tuna sandwich with wasabi mayo, and the best shoestring fried i've had in years! Murray's were doused in truffle oil, but i preferred the regular ones. My waistline is expanding exponentially. Is it any wonder? With food like this, and junk food in the car while travelling...

Whitehorse Starbucks.. hehe

Got a pic of my 'beloved' Starbucks (that i have a pic of earlier in this blog), and got my hair cut by a colourful Mexican named Fernando, who has been in Whitehorse for 3 years. He did a fine job!

Cafe mochas & a 'Baked' mug from 'Baked'... a great dinner at 'Klondike Ribs' (Elk Storganoff & Salmon/Artichoke dip). Then back to Takhini to the hot pool. It was a nice way to finish the day.