Day 10 Yukon

 

Day 10
We seemed to get a late start on this day. I think all the driving and time changes were catching up to us. I think after feeding the animals and checking the bus we didn’t leave camp until after 10. Our goal for the day was to spend the night on the border of the Yukon Territory and Alaska. Overall this was an uneventful day. The driving was the worst we had done to this point. There was lot’s of roadwork throughout the day and the remnants the last year’s frost heaves peppered the roads. We still managed to make pretty good time. We did see wild horses roaming the roads in the Yukon, it seemed so out of place. We also saw a few moose but were suprised we didn't see more.

The landscape was not a beautiful as we had seen in British Columbia but the backdrop of mountains always gives the eye something wonderful to look at. Jess spotted her first glimpse of fireweed the Alaska state plant and she was giddy with excitement she was so close to home. We did cross some beautiful rivers on this day and made a point to stop often and appreciate where we were in case we never made it back that way again. The day seemed to pass by fairly quickly. It may be because of the late start, or just the excitement we were getting that close. We had a goal we both laughed about; it was the 800-mile out of Anchorage mark. If we broke down 800 miles or less we could scam and use all our AAA towing miles to get us to Anchorage. We surely didn’t want to break down but at that point at least we had a solution. There was no way the Time Machine was going to break down though.

 

We decided we would stay on the shore of Kluane Lake. This is a 125 square mile lake surrounded by towering mountains on all sides. We were told we could park in any open spot and pulled up right to the lake shore with the front window pointing towards both the lake and mountains. This campground also had a restaurant and once again Jess found peirogies on the menu. She couldn’t resist. We enjoyed a good meal and went back to the bus to enjoy a few drinks and the wonderful view. We went to bed at around 11:00, with the big day of crossing back into the USA and Jess being home the next morning.