Day 21 Tuesday, 7/7: Up early to do a last load of laundry. Plan to head out about 9:00. On toward Whitehorse, YT! Next internet will probably be Inuvik in about a week. Hope we survive the Dempster Highway!!!!
Finally left Watson Lake about 10:00 and had a leisurely drive. Sunny, warm day. We stopped at the Continental Divide Lodge about 11:45 and had a cinnamon bun. It was good but didn’t compare to the one we had at Testa River Resort. Drove on past Johnson’s Crossing to a small Yukon campground on Squanga Lake. Only $12 (Canadian) for the night and lots of free firewood. No hookups but we don’t need them. Mosquitoes are a bit irritating but with mosquito coils burning, spray repellant and a campfire I think we can manage to survive! The plan is to be on the road fairly early tomorrow and maybe we will see some critters. Only saw 2 bears today and nothing else…. The scenery along this section of the highway is awesome. Beautiful mountains, trees, rivers and lakes. It is a fisherman’s paradise for sure. Since we aren’t into fishing, we will just have to sit by the fire and enjoy a glass or two of wine. Haven’t had the boat in the water yet. Waiting for a bit warmer weather and less bugs. Have lots of time and lots of lakes yet ahead.
After dinner we walked down to the lake and on the way back stopped and spoke with a Mennonite woman. She was one of 6 (3 couples) traveling in an old gray bus from Florida, Illinois and Kansas! We now refer to them as the Mennonite hippies…. Anyway, she knows someone in Cove and we had a nice chat with her. The others were around the campfire roasting marshmallows!
The next camper we met was in a Volkswagen Jetta and “tenting” it. He is a school teacher (probably in his 30’s) from Quebec and he speaks French, German and English. First name is Pierre but I didn’t catch the rest. He was very friendly and we discussed US politics a bit. He is not a Bush fan and hopes for greater things from Obama. He is on his way to Alaska also.
Finally left Watson Lake about 10:00 and had a leisurely drive. Sunny, warm day. We stopped at the Continental Divide Lodge about 11:45 and had a cinnamon bun. It was good but didn’t compare to the one we had at Testa River Resort. Drove on past Johnson’s Crossing to a small Yukon campground on Squanga Lake. Only $12 (Canadian) for the night and lots of free firewood. No hookups but we don’t need them. Mosquitoes are a bit irritating but with mosquito coils burning, spray repellant and a campfire I think we can manage to survive! The plan is to be on the road fairly early tomorrow and maybe we will see some critters. Only saw 2 bears today and nothing else…. The scenery along this section of the highway is awesome. Beautiful mountains, trees, rivers and lakes. It is a fisherman’s paradise for sure. Since we aren’t into fishing, we will just have to sit by the fire and enjoy a glass or two of wine. Haven’t had the boat in the water yet. Waiting for a bit warmer weather and less bugs. Have lots of time and lots of lakes yet ahead.
After dinner we walked down to the lake and on the way back stopped and spoke with a Mennonite woman. She was one of 6 (3 couples) traveling in an old gray bus from Florida, Illinois and Kansas! We now refer to them as the Mennonite hippies…. Anyway, she knows someone in Cove and we had a nice chat with her. The others were around the campfire roasting marshmallows!
The next camper we met was in a Volkswagen Jetta and “tenting” it. He is a school teacher (probably in his 30’s) from Quebec and he speaks French, German and English. First name is Pierre but I didn’t catch the rest. He was very friendly and we discussed US politics a bit. He is not a Bush fan and hopes for greater things from Obama. He is on his way to Alaska also.
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