Smart move.
Alan, thanks for the update, sure looks like you guys are having a great time… What’s up for this week? J
Well tomorrow we head south out of Alaska into Canada and work our way over to Jasper, Baniff and the Glacier NO in Montana
From the location of your last pics, it looked like you were getting close to the border. Lots to see in those locations you are headed to.
R&R day in Tok, Tom and I went looking for grayling and char up the Taylor Hwy but only found mini greyling. Streams don’t take much up here to get muddy and unfishable. The girls hung out at the RV’s. Last night we went to the sourdough pancake toss and I won a discounted breakfast. Yes Curt tons of stuff to see and do, I could have made this a 4 month trip easily, I see why you and many others have made multiple trips.
Thanks for the update, and that grayling needs to go on your mantle… Be safe and have fun.. J
Congrats on catching that whopper, too bad you didn’t find any of the bigger ones. Way to go on the pancake toss, great win.
Tok to Haines Junction, IMO the Taylor Hwy is worse. At the Tok end we had more frost heaves, then after the border lots of construction and potholes that were, easy to avoid by watching for a line that missed them. Our travel speed was 35-40 for most of trip. Stopped at the Kluane Overlook Rest Area for a break ( about 10 miles up the road towards Tok from Burwash), Mile post said look for eagles and bears, no eagles but did find a grizzly out in the river area. Stopped at the Thechal Dhal visitor center to see if we could spot any Dall Sheep but they weren’t out. Also saw a black bear feeding alongside the Hwy. beautiful drive with all the vetch blooming alongside the road and then some fireweed and mountain Avens.
*`Vetch, can’t say I’ve ever heard of that type of flower, is it the one that looks like a birds wing? Cool bear pics.
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That is a Mountain Avens which grows a lot in the areas the musk ox live. Vetch is very common all over the country and are related to beans and peas
Interesting, do you have a book that tells you about all these different plants?
I have an app on my phone that I use, that plant was talked about in a short film we had just watched and then saw it down the road at a stop
Worked our way down from Whitehorse to the Cassier and stopped for a couple nights at Boya Lake in the Provincial Park, a beautiful lake and campground, no hookups. Arrived around 1:30 and we found a nice site that fit 2 rigs, about 1/2 the campground sites can be reserved but the rest are 1st come 1st served. Nothing was available online so we thought it was going to be a long shot to find a site on a Saturday but not an issue. Saw a caribou and a young bear on the way here and a beaver in River we were fishing.
Great pics, interesting bridge, it looks different than most bridges, is there something special about its design?
It’s was built in 1902 for a gold rush in the area and then when they built the Alcan they left it in place and built another bigger bridge
Cool, I figured there was something different about it, do they still use it? That look on that bears is interesting, it’s like why are you taking my pic, lol.
No it’s not being used anymore
The Bear was just being Yogi I guess lol
Left Boya Lake yesterday am and headed south to Dease Lake and a RV campground so we could empty tanks, refill fresh water and do some laundry. We stopped at Jade City to see the Jade and items they have made. Some great looking pieces but prices were very high so we just looked. Did see a grizzly cross the road and stop on the hill at the tree line and was able to get an ok pic. As you proceed further down and toward the coast the scenery is is great, in a couple of the pics you can see that there was a glacier there and all the dirt/ rock that was pushed in front of it. Got to Meziadin Provincial Park around 1 and set up, tomorrow we will head down to Stewart BC and back into Alaska to see Hyder and hopefully with the salmon just showing up in the local river the bears will be there. Meziadin is known for a lager population of black and grizzly bears, frequently wandering through the camp area. They have erected an electric fence enclosure that if your tent camping you have to be inside the fenced area and posted some unique warning signs.
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More pretty country… Man that is quite the trip you guys are having… Carry on… J