As usual, we got on the road early, bid farewell by a large bear staring at us from the ditch just outside of Dawson City. We made our first stop for gas and coffee at Stewart's Crossing, where the Dempster Highway and a long road of shale gravel branches off northward to Inuvik, NWT and the Beaufort Sea.
Re-tracing our way back down the Klondike Highway, the very same 500 km stretch we drove just the day before, we stopped for another coffee at Pelly Crossing, and then for more fuel at Carmacks. Jane drove amidst occasional drizzle, while I scanned for wildlife and bumps, bracing and tensing for each painful jolt.
Once back in Whitehorse, we got the same mobility-friendly room at the Canada's Best Value Inn downtown, and returned to the nearby Klondike Rib & Salmon for a proper dinner. Jane squeezed in some shopping for local art, and we visited an "off-sale" to grab beer for the hotel - which required going through some sketchy metal doors to find out what lay beyond - turns out it's a guy behind glass with a microphone who passes you beer through a bank-teller style slot!
After some relaxing in the room, we set out ljust before 11 pm for Miles Canyon on the outskirts of town, passing several foxes on the way up the hill. On this night, the Aurora Borealis did not disappoint, and we were treated to a wonderful show of dancing greens and even reds over the northern sky. Truly a moving experience.
Pelly Crossing
More Klondike Highway
Fox Lake
Takhini River flowing into the Yukon River
Back in Whitehorse
Yukon Red meets Yukon Gold
Great ribs!
Behind the Metal Doors
The Northern Lights dance atop Miles Canyon
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