Yukon Summer

Hello again.
We have progressed from British Columbia to the Yukon Territory. There are 30,000 people who live in the YT and 23,000 of them live in the capitol of Whitehorse. Of those 1/2 are decedents of the original people (known as First Nation).
As you might imagine we found a lot of services in Whitehorse and that was a good thing. While pulling into the campground one of the 6 wheels on the camper sheared off all of it lug nuts and went rolling away. Luckily we were only 1/2 mile from a repair shop and they were able to replace the hub and bearings and put on the spare. Because we didn't want to continue without a spare we ordered a new rim which had to be shipped from Edmonton. This held us up for 4 days but that was OK since we needed to do some housekeeping and stock up on supplies. The day we were leaving our travel partners had an accident with their rig and needed to get some fiberglass work done on the tail end so it was back to the repair shop for them. Bad timing. It was Canada Day weekend and no one was open. By the time they got it fixed, we ended up spending 10 days in Whitehorse.
While we were there we connected with a gal at the local Harley shop for a Wild Women Wednesday ride and also took a day trip to Skagway, Alaska. Lots of great scenery and our second step into Alaska. Both Skagway and Hyder are located along the inland waterway that is part of Alaska that really looks like it should be Canada.

While in Whitehorse we got to experience what the locals call Yukon Summer. On a sunny afternoon we got a major sleet storm. Mind you this is JULY!!!!. Little pellets about the size of small peas covered the ground and dropped the temperature about 25 degrees in 10 minutes. Most bizarre.


These pictures are from our trip to Skagway, about 100 miles. It is a ferry stop on the Inland Passage and is full of touristy type stores

One day while I was out riding and seeing some of the local color I came across a bunch of redneck Canadians who had built their own mudrun. They were having a ball and I think I was the only person there who went home clean.