Sunday July 27, 2014 Teslin, Yukon Territory, Canada

White Pass

We didn't hurry getting up.we only had 160 miles to drive today.  When we got up the entire harbor was shrouded in fog.  I could barely make out the cruise ship that arrived earlier.

It had rained quite a bit during the night and when Gerri ran the slides in it was like waterfalls, especially the big slide.  I only had to unhook the shore power and hook up the Jeep before leaving the RV Park.  We were on the road at 9:15.

Entering British Columbia

Train from Whitehorse waiting for Customs

After leaving Skagway proper the road became steep and winding. Even though the road generally followed the opposite side of the canyon from the train, we never saw the train.  We were able to see the tracks at times.  Most of the way up the 28 mile long hill, one or both sides of the gorge were  in clouds and visibility was limited.  This changed when we reached the top.  We crossed into British Columbia but the Canadian customs station was several miles beyond the border.  It was clear at this elevation and although the altitude was less than 4000' the area looked alpine.  There were many small lakes surrounded either by bare rock or low growing vegetation.

At the Canadian Customs Station the agent came into the coach to ask the required questions.  He did forget to ask if we were carring more than $10,000 US.  He also didn't ask about fruits and vegetables.

The train we rode yesterday came into Canada but turned around before entering customs.  The White Pass and Yukon railroad also makes runs between Skagway and Whitehorse.  When we were at the customs station there was a train waiting to be cleared.

Wild Geranium

We traveled to an intersection with AK-1 and turned east toward Teslin.  This was the road that we had traveled in the opposite direction.

Sourdough Cinnamon Bun

We stopped at Johnson's Crossing, which claimed to have "World Famous" sourdough cinnamon buns.  We bought the end of the pan and two raspberry Scones.  The Skones were fresh and hot we ate one before leaving the parking lot.  Gerri picked out the raspberries.


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Raspberry Scone

We arrived at Teslin at 2:30. No group activities were planned.  The only internet was at the restaurant and our experiance when we stayed here before was that it was slow.  We didn't even try to get on.  We talked to some other members of the caravan after dinner.  For dinner we had braunschweiger sandwiches.

It rained some before we went to bed and off and on during the night.