sailing one of the last days for the season

Today we decided to go for a sail and tend to the battery acid which leaked in the boat. It is an absolutely beautiful day and we are just cruising slowly along. We are practicing for when we race. We have missed too many races this summer because of our other activities. Next year we plan to do more cruising around Michigan

Whitehorse

We had another half day at Whitehorse. It was raining and dismal so the bike ride and walks we planned were not feasable. So we wondered about and took care of some business. We left whitehorse on the plane about 6:15 and arrived in Vancouver shortly after 8. The Fairmount in Vancouver airport was fabulous. Wach room had a telescope for viewing aircraft coming in and out or the nearby mountains and downtown Vancouver. We had adjoining rooms so we were able to chit chat and hang out. We all went down to the hot tub and pool. The next morning we slept in and went to get breakfast and bring it to our room for our final breakfast of the trip.
Friday afternoon we began our long trip home. We flew from Vancouver to Salt Lake City to Detroit. In Detroit we had to wait about an hour for Bob and GAry's luggage which flew a differant plane to Michigan.

Whitehorse

Today Bob and I are just free wheeling it. I had enough of traveling on a bus and on other people's time schedule so we did not sign up for any side trips. Clara and Gary went on an all day outing into Kluane National park. I would have preferred to do that but it required a bus ride and I could not make that decision when we came into Whitehorse. So we wondered around town and did a tour of the SS Klondike. This was an old sternwheeler which took supplies and miners to Dawson on the Yukon River. That evening was our farewell dinner and the Frantic Follies. The show was wonderful as was the dinner.

Dawson to Whitehorse

Today we are traveling to Whitehorse along the Klondike river valley. The weather is still dismal and drizzling just a bit.
Our first stop was the tintina trench which is where two tectonic plates meet. The fault line runs along the yukon or vis versa. Apparently the gold in this area was brought up by tectonic movement. We stopped for a break at a quaint little cafe lodge.
Our bus broke down on the side of the road about 30 miles from our lunch stop. Another bus picked us up to take us to lunch and there we are waited for a replacement bus. We are waiting in Carmacks Yukon. Another bus happened to be 15 minutes ahead of us and had dropped their passengers for lunch and then came back for us. We were able to walk around and have lunch in Carmacks. It was a nice location on the Yukon river. We spent an extra 2 hours in our lunch stop when we were finally picked up. We arrived in Whitehorse in time to eat and go to bed.

Tok

We just made a stop in chicken at about 1 and had our boxed lunch provided by the Tok Westmark, and of course some chicken soup. We then joined a convoy and a pilot truck to manuever through these roads which have been so easily washed out this summer.
Mud and mud everywhere. I was told that this bus has four wheel drive. The back four tires are the drive tires lol. I can't believe we are doing the majority of todays trip on. Dirt roads. That is why it will be an over 8 hour day. We are almost at the border. Arrived at the border and top of the world rd at 5PM it took us at least twice as long to get here as normal. Speeds as low as 10 to 15 mph. No more convoy. One of the trucks ahead of us began smoking just before getting to the border.
We arrived in Dawson at 8PM. We immediately went for dinner and a short walk around town then off to Diamond Tooth Gerties for some entertainment of the song and dance variety. They put on a good show but it was short. They were more interested in getting people to gamble between shows. We were so tired that we left shortly after the show. I put a donation of 1 dollar in the slots.

Whitehorse

Today Bob and I did not sign up for any tours. We needed a day to be independant of the bus and the 40 other tourist we have been traveling with. We walked into town and did a tour on the USS Klondike which is a paddle wheeler which took supplies to the miners. this evening we had our farewill dinner and watch a vaudville show in the syle of the Klondike. Looking forward to coming home and vegging.

Dawson to whitehorse

Today we traveled to Whitehors along the Klondike river valley. We stopped for a break in a quaint little cafe and had our photo taken. The weather is still drizzling a bit. Our first stop was the Tintina Trench whis is where two tectonic plates meet . The gault line runs along the Yukon or vise versa. Apparently the gold discovered in the area was brought up due to tectonic movement. Our bus broke down about 2.5 hours away from Whitehorse. Fortunately another bus was nearby and they took us to a lunch stop at Carmacks where we then stayed and waited for a replacement bus from Whitehorse. We were able to walk and enjoy the good weather and scenery in that area for a few hours as well as have our lunch. Once again we arrived near 8 in time to eat and go to bed.

Tok to Dawson

We just made a stop in Chicken at about 1 and had our boxed lunches provided by the Tok Westmark and of course some chicken soup. We joined a convoy and a pilot r
truck to manuever through these roads which have been so easily washed out this summer. Mud and mud everywhere. I was told that this bus has four wheel drive in that four of the six wheels are the driving wheels and the front for steering and maneuvering. it did feel like we could have been four wheeling at times. The roads were narrow and it took us 3 hurs to go 40 miles at one point. We arrived at the border at 5 and ditched the convoy there. One of the vehicles in the convoy succembed to smoking and was left behind their fate uncertain. (I am certain one of the pilot trucks stopped. We arrived at Dawson about 8, in time to eat and go to the show at Diamond Tooth Gerties.