HEADING NORTH TO SEE THE BIG PART OF ALASKA JUNE 11

To get to the rest of Alaska, we have to travel north through British Columbia, then through the 

Yukon.  The day started in Haines, nice and warm, and as the day progressed it got cold and started to

rain.  Karen was freezin'

WildFlowers

                              Spruce (new buds can be eaten for vitamin C, natives and
                                             prospectors chewed to prevent scurvy

                                                 Off we go, following the Chilkat River

                                                      Extraordinary Scenery

                                                                US Customs

                                                   Welcome to British Columbia

                                                            Canada Customs

                                                             Back in Canada

Up over the Pass

 Drivin'  Drivin' Drivin'

 Miles are definitely calculated as the Crow flies

 What-we have to come back this way too.......

                                                                Leaving BC

                                                           Entering the Yukon

Heading for Haines Junction YK

                                            Entering the KLUANE NATIONAL PARK

                                                        Didn't want to stay here

                                                        Kluane Lake  (Klu wa nee)

                                                    Largest lake in the Yukon

                  Road construction - dirt,more dirt,water and throw on some gravel with tar!

                            Friends told us that this was the worst part of the Alaska Highway
                        Road bed built on permafrost, so we have fissures, potholes, and gravel

AND DID WE SAY MUD!

                                        Starting to rain--what a mess-more MUD

Can you even see the Jeep?

                                             Big humps in road like a rollercoaster

                           Our campsite  WHITE RIVER RV PARK, WHITE RIVER, YT
                           The original Alaska Highway came right through this park
                           Nice park, too cold and wet to enjoy---drove 310 tough miles