Today, we drove through Whitehorse, the largest city and capital of Yukon! We parked by the visitor center, where the Yukon tourism associate pointed out some of the key destinations in town. We ate a hardy lunch at Klondike Ribs & Salmon in downtown Whitehorse. After lunch, we stopped by the MacBride Museum of Yukon History, but declined to walk through it due to a lack of time and a steep $10/person admission fee.

After a quick stop at the Wal-Mart in Whitehorse, we drove to Haines Junction, YT. Our campsite is Kluane RV Kampground. There is only one single-occupant bathroom for each gender, but they are clean and well maintained. There’s also a hiking trail that abuts the RV park that we walked along for about half an hour.

I’ve been told that there’s a good bakery in Haines Junction and I’m looking forward to sampling their goods tomorrow.

We’ve seen more wildlife along the side of the Alaskan Highway than at any of the national parks. Today, we saw a few more bison, a wolf, and 8 bears (no bear families today). Valerie’s mom is very excited whenever we encounter wildlife. We sometimes slow down the RV to take pictures when it is safe to do so.

We stopped by the signpost forest in Watson Lake and the nearby visitor center. We watched a short movie about the construction of the Alaskan Highway and then received a whole lot of helpful information from a Yukon tourism associate.

Our campsite was the Yukon Motel in Teslin, YT. It has free WiFi in the restaurant, which serves pies and cinnamon rolls. It is located just after the bridge to Teslin, so bridge noise might keep up light sleepers (like Valerie).

After filling up on gas and propane in Fort Nelson, we started our drive to Summit Lake in the Stone Mountain Provincial Park. We briefly tried to walk around the lake, but cut our hike short due to mosquitos. As we drove down the mountain, we saw six bears (including what we assume was a momma bear and two cubs), a herd of bison, and lots of stone sheep. We stopped at the Salt Lick Viewing Area near Muncho Lake for a quick hike to view salt lick (but sadly no animals licking the salt) followed by lunch in the RV. Finally, we headed to Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park for a dip in the hot springs. As expected, the hot springs were hot and the facilities were quite nice (except for the lack of a shower).

Our campsite was the Liard Hotsprings Lodge (across the street from Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park). I would not recommend this campsite. In retrospect, we should have dry camped at the provincial park instead of staying here.