6/13 Whitehorse, Yukon

Before I get going on todays travels, Dave has finished posting our pictures on our blog.
We went into town again but this time to get some touring in. Weather was cool but no rain, so that was good. 1st we went on The Millennium Trail/Fish Ladder/Miles Canyon/Schwatka Lake walk. This was a 5-km trail that took you to the longest fish ladder in the world. Salmon aren’t running right now but they had a film we could see how it works.

Fish Ladder

SS Klondike

It was big, the girl even said this year the Salmon will  be showing up late because of the late spring this year. A lot of Black Bears have been seen around the area because of the late spring too. Mother bears didn’t have enough berries and stuff to eat so they have been kicking the baby bears out early, because they can’t produce enough milk for them, so a lot of babies have been spotted. On the way back to the visitor center we saw the SS Klondike National Historic Site. This was a sternwheeler, that is dry docked now, that use to go to and from Dawson City during the 30’s and 40’s.

 Then on to Starbucks to use their WiFi to download some Geo Caches. We walked around town and found a few of the Caches, it makes you go to places that you probably wouldn’t see. We did lunch at Klondike Rib and Salmon BBQ, what a great lunch.  We shared fish and chips (Halibut) amazingly fresh, best we’ve ever had and the Robert Service’s Seafood Baked Dip. It was Salmon with artichokes, spinach, herbs and cheese smothered in a cream sauce and it was served with their homemade foccacia bread. That was really good too, we didn’t even waste time on the chips. After lunch it was on to see the weathervane, which is at the Transportation Museum. The weathervane is a full-size DC-3 aircraft, mounted so that it turns and faces into the wind. Back to the RV after that and it was nap time. (Dave napped and worked on pictures, I just relaxed)
Tomorrow we are headed out on the Klondike Loop and will make a stop in Pelly Crossing, may not have internet, but we always have phone service now.