We decided to stay one more day in Whitehorse and do a bike ride along the Yukon and around the lake. We got a late start so packed a picnic lunch. Whitehorse was built along the Yukon River but to get to it from the Alaska Hwy. (and where we are camped) one has to go down a LONG hill and to get home, back UP that hill.
I had looked at the map with John, but evidently didn't read it correctly so led us down the wrong road so we added 2 extra miles to our trip. The trail follows a road up 3 hills to the top of Miles Canyon where we crossed a foot bridge and then came back down along the north side of the river -- sometimes the trail was right along the river and sometimes it curved back into the woods. This part was strictly rough dirt path, with short stretches of single track bike trails. I fell once but after that figured out how to do the hill or just got off and walked! John, on the other hand, handled the short, steep hills like a pro! It was a beautiful day so we got to enjoy all of nature without the distractions of rain or cold.
When we got back to town, we took a break at a coffee shop, then wondered around town a bit before heading back up that LONG hill. That was a killer! We rode a total of 18.6 miles and averaged about 7mph even with almost half the ride being on a dirt trail. Not bad for some old folks.
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