Tok to Whitehorse

Today was the coldest day of the trip by far. I know this because Dave told me when we went out this morning to load the bikes. He told me again after riding a block to breakfast. He continued to tell me (and anybody else who would listen) at every stop the rest of the day. Now I hate to use the "W" word. But, I guess I really need to. Not mentioning any names, there was a whole LOT of whining going on about the cold. When I finally told him he was whining, he corrected me. Told me he wasn't whining, he was COMPLAINING!!!!!!!!

Doesn't he look like a happy camper?
We actually had more sunshine today than we've had in the last week and a half.
Beautiful mountain views with the sun shining off them. I think the road conditions from Tok to Haines Jct. got worse in the week between us traveling them. Take dirt and gravel, mix well, soak with a week's worth of rain, make either potholes or smooth (like glass) surface (at the discretion of the construction crews) and it makes for interesting riding conditions. With the potholes, fill them with water. Then, you don't know if they are 1/2 inch deep or 1 1/2 feet deep. Sure is hard on the kidneys.......

I think the view coming back south is even better than going north. Either that or it just looked better because we could see more.

Saw our first grizzly today. He was about 20 feet off the road. This picture was taken from the other side of the road. He was a BIG boy!!!!!! Didn't really want to get too close or take too much time trying to get him to pose. I was afraid we would have a really close up shot of him.........
The plan tomorrow is to head almost to Watson Lake. There, we catch 37 heading south. Heading south is making Dave REALLY happy. He is really looking forward to the warmer weather. But, once we head south, it will seem more like we are on our way home. As much as I am missing everyone, this trip has been so good I hate for it to end. Once we head south, the end will be in sight and I don't like that. Oh well, all good things must come to an end.

Hopefully, we will continue to have internet access once we hit the Cassiar Highway. It isn't as heavily traveled as the Alcan, so we don't know what to expect. We will keep updating whenever we can get access.

More tomorrow (or the next day)......... Time for me to get some sleep..............