This morning we left our boondocking spot at 8:30 for a day
of traveling. We went through Customs approx. 20 minutes after
leaving. They just asked us several questions
and looked at our passports, but someone ahead of us was pulled over and they
were checking out the contents in the covered bed of the truck.
We are now in the "YUKON" territory of Canada!
We literally
crept for approx. 100 miles on Hwy #1
(Alaskan Highway) on the Canadian Side of the border between the Canadian
Border and Haines Junction. The highway
was wavy, wash board, dirt, rock, pot holes , highway construction, wet, dusty,
bumpy…you name it, it had it.
At one
highway construction stop, Bob and I traded seats and I drove. I have been wanting to drive the rig so
knowing it was going to be slow with not
a lot of oncoming traffic, we thought it would be a good time to do it. I drove for maybe an hour or so and never did
get anxious or anything so I did good missing bumps, dodging potholes, and
slowing down for the wavy conditions, loose rocky sections, etc.
Some pictures I took on the boring, bumpy trip.
These little pipe looking things are something
to help against damage to highways
from perma-frost.
This was at the intersection at Haines Junction..
a church in Haines Junction
We drove a
total of 315 miles today, getting to our destination of Whitehorse,Canada at 5:30 pm (Pacific Time). We are staying overnight at Pioneer RV Park in Whitehorse. (1 night 30 amp/water/cable/300mg WIFI/ = $31.19 w/ Good Sams Disc. Cap1).
Bob washed the truck after we got set up and filled up with diesel.
Diesel ($4.99/gal x 37.92 gal= $189.25 Cap1)
jl
Good thing you didn't get one of your sleepy spells when it was your turn to drive!!
ReplyDeleteWe are very proud of you!!
Were you able to get Bob's fingernails pried out of the dash board??
Stay safe ... TnT