Dawson City

Here it is... Dawson City... dirt roads that they water to keep down the dust... boardwalks so you keep your feet clean. Our day of rest almost over. Tomorrow it is the first of eight successive days on the Dempster Highway, average just over 100 km per day, probably okay when dry, but it won't be all the way and we hear that it can be tough going if it's wet.... and no electricity or internet until Inuvik on August 9th

 

 



to Dawson City - part 2

 

day 4 - foggy start

 

trying to move the Yukon... either that or a bit of stretching in the middle
of a long day into a strong headwind

The mountains will be where we are at the end of the first day on the Dempster

Four days riding to Dawson City - part 1

..back on the road for 140 km out of Whitehorse

...haven't seen any real moose yet, but this was grazing on the lawn of a
bakery where we had a nice coffee and cinnamon bun stop

Weather is cool, sun is nice, and we managed to stay clear of the black cloud behind us.



Birthday on the roadion

Red squirrel trying out the bicycle in camp

Arctic ground squirrel keeping an eye on us

yes... we're still alive and well

remains of one of the Klondike era road houses



calm today, but not every day

...and we keep pedaling, average over 140 km per day to Dawson City

Skagway to Whitehorse

Skagway

Climbing the White Pass

...3300-foot climb in 26 km... it took a while.

...then briefly back into BC before crossing 60 into the Yukon...

...and clearer skies...

...and gorgeous views to Carcross where we camped for the night...

...across the road from a lake where this sandpiper was happy enough to be photographed

Underway again the next day...

...mother loon and youngster in lake en route...

 

...and into Whitehorse for a day of rest, and laundry etc.



A visitor on our breakfast table

and this is how they got around a little over a hundred years ago when the gold rush was on...

...and stern-wheeler like the "Klondike" which is preserved in Whitehorse



Many of these boats didn't make it through this canyon before
the water levels were raised when a hydro dam was put in

Ferry to Skagway

Bikes get loaded on the support van at the dock...



passing the grain terminal departing Prince Rupert



Ketchikan

sunset the first night on the ferry



harbour seals



passing a sister ship



deer on the bank in one of the narrow passages

...whales en route...

approaching Juneau... glacier behind




our ferry in dock at Skagway, cruise ship close behind.

 

Ferry to Prince Rupert

5 a.m. departure from the hostel in Port Hardy

...to allow enough time for boarding the ferry...

...here with Henk and Louise and the BC Ferry.

...morning sky out of Port Hardy...

...and some Orcas...

One of the many lighthouses marking the inside passage...

...dinner on board... 

 It's a late arrival in Prince Rupert for an overnight before taking an Alaskan Ferry to Skagway.