As we were driving away from Whitehorse, we saw a grizzly bear near the edge of the road. It looked like he was thinking of crossing the road but thought better of it when we neared so he took off running back into the woods. He was beautiful! The rest of the drive was uneventful as far as wildlife goes - meaning we didn't see any! We did get to see some awesome scenery. We walked down 260 steps and hiked 1 KM to see the 5 Finger Rapids on the Yukon River. This was a perilous point on the Yukon River for riverboats. The mountains and forests seemed endless and there were always large streams, fast running rivers and clear blue lakes in theirs midst.
We are meeting some interesting people. At one stop for "World Famous" Cinnamon rolls the cook was paunchy with a long white beard and uncommunicative. But the truck driver having breakfast was a character. We also visited with some Canadians.
We thought seriously about stopping for the night in a primitive campground and even circled by the site we wanted 3 times before trying to set up camp. But in the short time that we had the RV door open to try and level the coach, we admitted 20 huge mosquitos and John was bitten 3 times! I couldn't leave fast enough! So we pulled off in a rest area for supper and then drove on to Dawson City.
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