Friday evening June 6

Good evening from Carcross, Yukon!

We left Watson Lake around 7 this am and drove until about 1:30 to Carcross, Yukon....we crossed the British Columbia and Yukon border 7 times in the passed 2 days! We will be in the Yukon territory for a few days before crossing into Alaska!

The weather held out again today ( we are sooo thankful !) and no clouds to follow us or rain! BUT..... the guys washed the outside of our rigs yesterday after we stopped at Watson Lake and the rigs and trucks were clean and shiny when we started this am ....but no longer!!!! We ran into construction and it was dirty, dusty and thick then we hit more construction that was wet!!!! Well, now we are filthy again and it has seeped inside! I mopped the floor twice when we got here today and it probably could be done again. Nancy, you were right!...... the dust is so thick on the construction lanes you need a wet rag to cover your mouth and nose! And that is no joke!!!!

We only saw a buffalo today leaving Watson Lake and a porcupine along the side of the road. Not many animals moving around today although it is colder up here! We are about 2,389 ft about sea level and in the mountains.... the views were very pretty today but the trees are different and not so much the spectular scenery we saw yesterday!

Carcross is a very small town and we are at the only RV park....we have fullhookups but it is a very basic park...good enough for a couple of days. Lots of Tlingit Indians in this area....

We have our reservations or will get our tickets in the am when we go to Skagway. We are going to take a 4 hr. ride on a steam engine train in the mountains. Skagway is a town on the ocean so we will drop quite a bit of altitude on our way down..... we decided not to take the rigs down there because of that.... heard too many stories of downhill problems!!! Stay tuned and I will let you know!

We have had a great time on this journey and have seen so many beautiful sights and can't wait to reach Alaska! One thing I have noticed as the towns that are pretty popular stopping places are not really that big ...some less than 500 people or 1,500 at the most... amazing!

The roads have been fantastic so far....only today was the worst stretch part of the 5 miles of construction that we had to go slow.... like 30 mph. There was alot of Rv traffic yesterday but today we were pretty much on our own.

We brought our name sign that hung on our house for so many years and left it yesterday at Watson Lake Sign Forest. They had poles in the ground for people to leave a sign.... the gal told us they figured over 65,000 signs had been hung ..... it took us quite a while to look at some and we did not see all of them. Made out of all kinds of things...from wood to even half a plastic milk jug! Even town signs.....

We will be here until Sunday morning when we leave for Whitehorse, Yukon.

Until next time!
BJ