June 18, 2018 Yukon Motel and RV Park Teslin Lake Yukon, Canada

Mileage:  42,493

In the Everglades, during the summer camping is free.  The mosquitoes are so bad that anyone brave enough to stay and battle the heat and the insects may do so without paying.  I think that I know why the Yukon Government Campground was only 12.00 CD.  We experienced firsthand the ferociousness of the Yukon mosquito!   So, we weren’t so eager to hang around this morning and we had packed up and we were on the road by 7:30 am.

As we left we caught a glimpse of the hunched brown shaggy back of a grizzly.  He was tucked into the lower part of the drainage ditch.  In the grassy verge beside the road we saw our second grizzly of the day.  He was smaller and lighter than the others we have seen.  When we saw our third grizzly, we were able to stop and get his picture.

Much of the scenery is now boggy and marshy…moose country.  We saw a moose cow ankle deep in water in a roadside lake and then a second smaller cow or youth at the edge of the trees.

We stopped at Rancheria Falls and took a walk.

 

The Cassiar Mountains rise up before us.

Today travel was slow because of potholes and areas of loose gravel.  The small stones have not been kind to the Jeep or the RV…but we knew that was an issue before we left home.  It is also very dry and dusty.

We passed over the Continental Divide.

We are staying at Yukon RV Park at Teslin Lake.

 

We went out this afternoon to explore but there are small houses and communities in this area.  We met a young man on a loaded bike.  He is on his way from Anchorage to Calgary – about a 2,000-mile ride on some very unforgiving roads.  He looked a little weary and very thin.

This afternoon Lee and Claudia pulled in and camped beside us.  This evening they invited us to share wine and brownies with them.  We have enjoyed getting to know them.  We have a lot in common.  Fun was had by all!

Today is our 35^th wedding anniversary.  We are very blessed.  There is no one I would rather be with on this journey!