This morning dawned bright and sunny -- we don't EVEN want to know what the weather is like in Inuvik! At least this leg of the drive is more interesting with more mountains and valleys. As we rounded a curve we saw an RV in the ditch. There was no one around and the message scratched in the mud on the RV said they were waiting for a tow so we drove on. It looked like they got too close to the edge and the soft, wet mud just pulled them into the ditch. John has said often, "I am so glad we did not drive the RV on this road!" Now that the rain has stopped, the road is even worse -- rutted and bumpy, washboard in places and slick in others.
We finally got to see some wildlife! A group of 9 Dall Sheep were grazing on the slope of a small mountain while the ram was at the very top watching out for them. He was so high we could only see him with the binoculars. And that's it! No other signs of life.
Once we got back to the RV, John washed down the Jeep but didn't even come close to getting it clean. We hitched the Jeep to the RV and drove into Dawson to get a couple of groceries and then crossed the Yukon River on a ferry. Next to the ferry landing is a nice provincial campground where we are spending the night in . . . . RAIN! At least the temperature warmed up for once as it got al the way up to 74° before the rain started.
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