Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Near Beaver Creek, YT to Carcross, YT
We headed south and east and southeast along the section of the Alaska Highway that we skipped several weeks ago when we went to Dawson City and the Top of the World. The road was better than the Alaska section we traveled yesterday, but still bumpy and parts were under repair. It rained most of the day with temps in the 40s. It seemed ironic that we began to hear reports that we might have to modify our route due to forest fires in southern and western British Columbia. The decision making in Watson Lake, B.C. is still a couple of days away, but it would be frustrating to have to backtrack for two days just to get around. We will keep an eye on it and keep you posted 😊
The highlight of the day was two Grizzly Bear sightings. They are very large animals! There was very little temptation to get out of the truck to get a better picture. This bear seemed to be playing in the road. He crossed at least twice more, once between Jim and us and once behind us.
The second bear was having lunch of spent dandelions.
Then he lumbered along beside us for a while.
We crossed a wide glacial plain at the former outlet of Kluane Lake.
Just before we got to Carcross, Yukon Territory, we came upon Emerald Lake. The beautiful color is created by sunlight reflecting off a layer of white limestone marl on the lake bed. Presumably it would be a slightly different color if the sun was actually shining 😊.
290 miles today
On the road
Rory and Luci
Westward Ho! 