Road Trip 2010: Day 48: Destruction Bay to Whitehorse

We left Destruction Bay on Monday under much better conditions than we did on our way north. Then the wind had died down and the rains had begun...the same rains that would eventually wash out the Top of the World Highway between Chicken and the border. This time we had beautifully clear skies and a light wind (more than a breeze but certainly not a gale!) and temperatures that would eventually reach the low 70s as we approached Whitehorse.

And the road was much better than that stretch that bridges the border between Tok and Destruction Bay.

Terry and I did stop briefly in Haines Junction so she could look at the Millennium Quilt hanging in the town hall. I didn't go inside but snapped pictures of the mountains above town while I waited.

Mountain scene between Kulane Country and Haines Junction.

Mountain scene between Kulane Country and Haines Junction.

Mountains above Haines Junction.

Mountains above Haines Junction.

Mountain scenery between Haines Junction and Whitehorse.

Kluane Ranges from south of Haines Junction.
(Look at the snow capped peaks in the cleft of
the mountains in the foreground.)

What do you think?

The Canyon Creek Bridge

The bridge is on the National Historic Registry as part of the original Dalton Trail from Skagway to Dawson City

The Canyon Creek Bridge

"The bridge does not meet current highway code." Really?

There was a "Bannock Stand" adjacent to the parking lot at the bridge and you could purchase "fresh bannock". Terry got one piece of fried and one piece of baked from the young man (First Nation) at the stand. It may not have been fresh, having been cooked the day before, but it was certainly delicious!

We continued on our way to Whitehorse and pulled into a very crowded campground. There were three other caravans there besides ours. And we were a day earlier than our original itinerary so we were shoehorned into the empty slots where ever they might be.

(All three of the caravans would leave the next morning, but we would be staying for three nights.)