Hi there from Whitehorse, Yukon!
My father and I have been on the road for over a week now. First, we took a few days to drive up to Whitehorse, Yukon to visit my sister, Lindsey, and her family. (She has a two and a half year-old boy, "Ty").
My hometown, "Kamloops," is very dry and hot in the summer - but not like Japan. 30 degrees is very comfortable. But since we've been gone, the weather has gotten cooler and cooler. In fact, today is the first time I've worn shorts on the trip. The scenery has been incredible and the vistas are so huge. It really is a massive country. We saw lots of animals near the hiway too. The black bears usually run away when they see us but one bear was happy to stay on the roadside eating berries. We drove right up to him and took a couple of pictures.
After looking around Whitehorse for a couple of days, the three of us - my father, sisiter and I, decided to drive another 550 kms north to Dawson City, famous for the 1898 gold rush.
Dawson City was really interesting. Lots of historic information on plaques, old buildings and museums all over the place. People went nuts to get there in 1898 when news of the gold discovery got out to the rest of the world. I took a few pics - great scenery too.
It was impossible to get the use of a computer while we were on the Dawson trip. Motels advertise "Wireless Internet" but you have to have your own laptop to connect. There was a computer where we were staying but it was almost always being used in the morning when we there. When we got back from our day-long excursions, the office was already closed.
We took Lindsey's Jeep. It ran well but it seems to be a few electrical mysteries. Today I had to take the battery out in order to change a headlight bulb.
We were going to go to Skagway, Alaska today but seems Lindsey's didn't want to leave Ty with her partner, "AJ." Ty is an absolute monster. Cute but wants to destroy everything he touches. We went to a Mexican restaurant last night but it was hopeless. AJ had to take Ty home so that the rest of us could order something. So, today, Lindsey didn't want to take him on the two-hour drive over to Alaska.
Lindsey is going to take a couple of days off work. Hopefully we'll all get through the US border crossing to visit Skagway Alaska.
Now that I've started a Blog I can download a few pictures. Guess I'll figure out how to do it when I get back to Kamloops.
- JR
My father and I have been on the road for over a week now. First, we took a few days to drive up to Whitehorse, Yukon to visit my sister, Lindsey, and her family. (She has a two and a half year-old boy, "Ty").
My hometown, "Kamloops," is very dry and hot in the summer - but not like Japan. 30 degrees is very comfortable. But since we've been gone, the weather has gotten cooler and cooler. In fact, today is the first time I've worn shorts on the trip. The scenery has been incredible and the vistas are so huge. It really is a massive country. We saw lots of animals near the hiway too. The black bears usually run away when they see us but one bear was happy to stay on the roadside eating berries. We drove right up to him and took a couple of pictures.
After looking around Whitehorse for a couple of days, the three of us - my father, sisiter and I, decided to drive another 550 kms north to Dawson City, famous for the 1898 gold rush.
Dawson City was really interesting. Lots of historic information on plaques, old buildings and museums all over the place. People went nuts to get there in 1898 when news of the gold discovery got out to the rest of the world. I took a few pics - great scenery too.
It was impossible to get the use of a computer while we were on the Dawson trip. Motels advertise "Wireless Internet" but you have to have your own laptop to connect. There was a computer where we were staying but it was almost always being used in the morning when we there. When we got back from our day-long excursions, the office was already closed.
We took Lindsey's Jeep. It ran well but it seems to be a few electrical mysteries. Today I had to take the battery out in order to change a headlight bulb.
We were going to go to Skagway, Alaska today but seems Lindsey's didn't want to leave Ty with her partner, "AJ." Ty is an absolute monster. Cute but wants to destroy everything he touches. We went to a Mexican restaurant last night but it was hopeless. AJ had to take Ty home so that the rest of us could order something. So, today, Lindsey didn't want to take him on the two-hour drive over to Alaska.
Lindsey is going to take a couple of days off work. Hopefully we'll all get through the US border crossing to visit Skagway Alaska.
Now that I've started a Blog I can download a few pictures. Guess I'll figure out how to do it when I get back to Kamloops.
- JR
