Along the Alaska Highway from Rancheria to Whitehorse!

Today is Friday, May 27, 2016, and we drove from Rancheria, near Swift River, in the Yukon Territory, to Whitehorse.  The drive was graced with majestic mountains, beautiful lakes and grand rivers.  Along this stretch, we also encountered our first stretches of gravel road:  one continuous gravel stretch for 10 kilometers, followed by a 15 kilometer stretch with periodic gravel sections, all west of Teslin as we drove north along the eastern shore of Teslin lake.

Here was our view as we descended toward Teslin:

As we crossed the Nisutlin Bay, an arm of Teslin Lake:

Near Jake's Crossing, we caught these dramatic views of the surrounding mountains:

Approaching Whitehorse, we drove along the shore of Marsh Lake and spotted some snow-capped mountains in the distance:

Soon, nearing Whitehorse, we crossed the Yukon River, which flows north past Dawson City and into the Beaufort Sea above the Arctic Circle:

We arrived in Whitehorse, our truck and trailer layered in dirt from a dusty drive.  We wanted to wash the rig at the self-service spray wash at the campground before we set up camp, but we ran into a problem with a compartment latch this morning and needed to focus our attention on getting the latch fixed in order to avoid complications in using that compartment.  Ah, well.  The rig may be dirty, but it functions well.

Tomorrow we start exploration of Whitehorse and the nearby areas!