A LAND OF VAST SPACES
By Barb Rees
The Northern Tour Part 4
North of 60, where caribou outnumber people and the only
ladder. The next day we drove out to Miles Canyon which is
all-weather highway in Canada cross’s the Arctic Circle. This is
a gorge cut into the bedrock by the blue-green Yukon River.
the Yukon, a land of vast spaces.
Terrified, I crossed the Robert Lowe suspension bridge then
“Boo the menopausal van” carries us to Watson Lake and
walked the trail alongside the gorge for pictures.
the Visitors Centre which is home to the Sign Post Forest. We
On June 30th we were there for the start of the Yukon River
added our sign to the over 65,000 signs then went off to visit
Quest. 72 paddlers face a 740 km paddle from Whitehorse to
friends.
Dawson City. I met the team ‘Dawson B4 Dusk’ - Elizabeth
We hit the road in the morning. The highway drops into BC
Bosely and her partner Veronica Wisniewski. The gun goes
after the community of Swift River before resurfacing in the
off, and the race for Dawson City is on!
Yukon 65 km later. At Dawson Peaks Resort we stopped for
Day 25: We were set up at the Fireweed Community Market
the best bumble-berry pie on the planet. Twelve km later we
by 3pm. Sales are important but the best part of these
were boondocking in Teslin before heading for Whitehorse.
events are the people we meet. We stocked up and filled
The Whitehorse Canadian Tire, beside Wal-Mart, has a
up before leaving Whitehorse because Dawson City is 519
free sani-dump and water. We parked in Wal-Mart next to
km away. Down Deep Creek Road we found Lake Laberge
more RV’ers than we’ve ever seen at one mall. We rode the
Territorial Campground and Mom’s Bakery where we sat in
Waterfront Trolley and visited the world’s longest wooden fish
Tracie’s backyard sharing a cinnamon bun. She makes the
best cinnamon buns using sourdough starter.
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