Day 13 Monday, 6/29: 2500 total miles. The dreaded drive to Yellowknife was not as bad as a few people had led us to believe. Got to the Deh Cho Ferry and saw the bridge that is under construction. Access to YK is by ferry for 4 months of summer, ice road for 4 months of winter, and by aircraft the rest of the time. The bridge will give them year round access. Bison was the word for this trip. Came across at least 4 good size herds with lots of young ones in the groups and they were right along side the road. Big critters. Road had a few dips in it, but not as bad as expected. Last 80 kilometers was down to 40 mph. Brief drive through town, fuel, and a great dinner at Coyote’s Steak & Seafood. Steak for Bob and local Slave Lake Pickerel for Betsy. They don’t serve water unless you ask for it and the rather expensive dinner did not come with a salad. Just entre with veggies and choice of potato. Very interesting!! We also split a Baked Alaska since neither of us had ever had it.
Drove through their “Old Town” and a few other areas of town. Came back to the camper and Betsy watched an Agatha Christie DVD that Libby had loaned. At 12:45 am it was still light outside!!! Nice Territorial Park with lots of trees and quiet. Also great shower facilities!! We had showers as soon as we pulled into camp as it had been a few days….. It rained a bit during the night. Betsy is still recovering from quarter sized welts from mosquito bites at the last place we stayed. They aren’t as bad here and we have been using more spray. No black flies here either! Yeah!
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