DAY 24

Happy Earth Day! I couldn’t have chosen a better way to spend it than traveling through Canada. We had a relaxing evening talking with the owner of the Downtown RV park and horse trailer guy, Jim. Jim and his wife, Pip, purchased a deluxe horse trailer in Idaho and were bringing it home to Anchorage.

We paid $23 for a camp site which was the most we had paid on our trip so far but it turned out to be well worth it. The owner had cable and even turned on the Speed channel so we could watch the race in the RV, GO JR!!! The bathroom and laundry facilities were the cleanest we had seen for quite some time.

Morning came and we began our never ending climb up mount laundry. We pulled out just before lunch with a quick stop at sign post forest. The last official count was over 600,000 signs from all over the world. We even added a sign for friends of ours, Kari wuz here, as an inside joke.

We filled up with diesel but only because we had to. It really hurt at an eye gouging price of $3.78/gallon. OUCH!!! We only filled up enough to get us to Whitehorse where we were relieved to fill up at a mere $3.39/gallon.

Whitehorse is the capital of the Yukon providence with the largest in population in the Yukon, 20,000. We were relieved to find another Starbucks. I could smell it even before we knew if there was one in town. I ran while Brad waited in the truck. An elderly gentleman approached him while he waited and started asking questions about our Wildcat trailer. He was pretty sure that he had just purchased one or one like it. He was very friendly and talked for quite a while. The only negative thing he had to say was he really liked us Americans, but informing us that Canadians are not so happy about the war and will never forgive us (Americans).

We are beginning to see moose on a regular basis now. It reminds of Colorado Springs and seeing mule deer every day. Other favorites and frequently seen animals include caribou and red tail hawks.

Zac noticed there were no houses along the foothills of the mountains. This was unusual as every town we have lived in had houses up the side of the mountain. It was a nice change.

We are beginning to see the effects of extended sunlight. It is 10pm and it was still light enough to see clearly. When June comes around we will only have about 2 hours of “twilight” and the rest of the day will be full of sunlight.

We have seen more lakes than I have ever seen and the scenery is still breathtaking. On the other side of the coin the rest areas are . I am hoping it is because of the season and they will be tended to on a regular basis now for the summer.

We passed Jim and Pipe again and honked as we drove past. We pulled into a large rest area over looking a beautiful sunset, 10:30pm.