Sunday, August 07, 2005
O Canada Our Home and Native Land.....
We crossed back into Canada today. It was great feeling to see the Welcome to Canada sign. A narrow clearing marks the border. This is part of the 20 foot swath cut by surveyors from 1904 to 1920 along the 141 meridian to mark the Alaska – Canada border.
There was also a large group of bicyclists from Texas at the border. After about 2 months of riding they had finally made it to Alaska and were about 4 days from the end of their trip at Anchorage. When we arrived they were in the midst of taking pictures of their group at the boarder markers, and when we left there fifteen minutes later they were still taking pictures! The rest of our day was spent bouncing down the highway — we all agreed that this was probably the worst piece of the road we drove on so far. The Top of the World Highway was dustier but I don’t think it was as rough. We stopped at a Yukon government campground just outside of Destruction Bay (I just love that name) called Congdon Creek. It was actually on Kluane Lake the largest lake in Yukon. The Yukon government campgrounds are best — they tend to have large sites, free firewood and are very clean.
Yeah!!! We're back in Canada.
Zaph can't decide which country he wants to be in.
Happy Texas bikers.
Reflection Lake.
Man, do I ever want to go swimming!
Fireweed as it goes to seed.
There was also a large group of bicyclists from Texas at the border. After about 2 months of riding they had finally made it to Alaska and were about 4 days from the end of their trip at Anchorage. When we arrived they were in the midst of taking pictures of their group at the boarder markers, and when we left there fifteen minutes later they were still taking pictures! The rest of our day was spent bouncing down the highway — we all agreed that this was probably the worst piece of the road we drove on so far. The Top of the World Highway was dustier but I don’t think it was as rough. We stopped at a Yukon government campground just outside of Destruction Bay (I just love that name) called Congdon Creek. It was actually on Kluane Lake the largest lake in Yukon. The Yukon government campgrounds are best — they tend to have large sites, free firewood and are very clean.
Yeah!!! We're back in Canada.
Zaph can't decide which country he wants to be in.
Happy Texas bikers.
Reflection Lake.
Man, do I ever want to go swimming!
Fireweed as it goes to seed.
If you wish you can sign our guest book
We have added a web page with a map of our current location and route to date