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We are continuing on the Cassiar Highway – stopped for the night at Dease Lake. Tomorrow we head for Boya Lake that we have heard so much about.
Boya Lake is a fantastic place to chill.
Our 1 night stay felt a bit short at such a restful place but we need to get going to the Yukon Territory!
A short drive from Boya to Watson Lake to refuel. dump and buy a few groceries (such an old fashioned term) 😂.
We are now on the Alaskan Highway after finishing the Cassiar.
We are spending two nights in Whitehorse YT at a great campground – Caribou RV. They have a food truck with genuine French chefs on an exchange program with Canada. Delicious, especially with a Yukon Gold draft.
It truly is a small world. Campers parked immediately next door to us are from Brevard, NC.; Laura and Joseph Russo on their first Alaska trip.
We did a day trip to Skagway in the car, mainly to book a ferry from Valdez to Whittier but alas no openings until July 19 so we are on the waiting list for July 10 (90 feet of vehicles need to cancel for us to make it) otherwise it will be a long drive to the Kenai Peninsula!
Stunning drive from Whitehorse and the town was very cute, albeit slightly crowded with cruise ship passengers.
We hiked to the Lower Dewey Lake in Skagway, 500 ft rapids elevation ! Phew! Needed a drink when we arrived at the lake.
June 30 – departed Caribou Campground (will really miss the authentic French cooking) for Destruction Bay. I did buy 2 freshly baked croissants before we left.
The drive through the Kluane area was so impressive.
Some tough road conditions on the Alaskan Highway.
We are boondocking by the Kluane River – it has to be our best off grid spot in all our travels.
We departed the Destruction Bay Area (fitting name) for Tok AK. The road conditions were much worse than expected, often requiring us to slow down to 15 mph in numerous sections. The scenery on the drive was breathtaking but glance at your peril – frost heaves and ruts everywhere.
The 141st Meridian of longitude marks the boundary between Yukon and Alaska. This boundary extends from the Arctic Coast to Mt Saint Elias, a distance of approximately 1,500 miles and is the longest undefended boundary in the world.
After an approx 10 hour journey covering only 220 miles we eventually arrived in Tok and the first stop was Teroso gas station where they provide a free power washer with a tank fill up. The clean up of Ushingi and tow took us nearly an hour with me brushing and Lynne handling the power washer like a Sabre.
To our horror I noticed a missing retainer clip on the tow bar with the Blue Ox towing arm from the RV hanging on by a whisker.
These are pictures without the tow bar for illustration purposes. I would like to believe that it came loose while using the pressure washer – the alternative (coming off during the drive) is f…..ing scary.
Good Karma is with us – a fellow traveler at the wash bay also had a Blue Ox towing system and gave me a spare clip! He uses small padlocks on his bar – now I know why!
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