Dawson YT

Yukon! Reminds me of Sergeant Preston. The roads here are sorta like those in remote areas of Southern Ohio. The pavement is called Chip Seal. If you were to take a gravel road and Chip and Seal it as we do in Ohio over pavement you would get the same result. The surface is firm but only an inch thick or so. Takes very little to break through it.

We are staying in Dawson City an extra day because our progress is blocked by flooding on the other side of the Yukon River. The road is so badly washed out that it will take days to repair it. Dawson is a bad place to be stranded. There are no rooms to be had at any price and normal prices are astronomical. Martha Stewart has been here. I'm sure of it. There are doilies on everything.

To catch up; we stayed in Watson Lake and Whitehorse prior to here.
The Rockies are quite impressive.
The road is desolate.
There are probably more RV's than trucks.
There are frequent sections under repair but, once you get the hang of riding the gravel, it is fun. Dusty or muddy though, depending on whether they are trying to keep down the dust.
We've seen moose, bison, goats and both black and grizzly bears.
The rivers and lakes are wide, fast and clear.
There are many areas of burnt out forest with signs telling the year of the fire. Some as old as 1953.
Trees grow slow up here.

"Adventure is disaster that doesn't kill you." (Dick McGurk) This is an adventure. If I don't make it back it will have been a disaster. I'll be back a little later than I expected. Going is slow and there is a lot to see.

Road repair here is a constant thing. The road from Whitehorse to Beaver Creek was reported to be muddy so we took the Klondike Highway. Now we will backtrack and take the Alcan again. It was a fun ride to Dawson, though.

I may want to do this again.