Thursday, July 24, 2014

Day 73 of Our RV Journey to Canada & Alaska 7/24/14 - Another Long, Slow Travel Day in Alaska & into Canada

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






1 comment:

  1. Good thing you didn't get one of your sleepy spells when it was your turn to drive!!

    We are very proud of you!!

    Were you able to get Bob's fingernails pried out of the dash board??

    Stay safe ... TnT

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