WHITEHORSE

Whitehorse was one of my favorite towns. We stayed 3 nights at Wallyworld. The first night we were there I counted 41 rigs doing the same as us! Right adjacent to the lot is a Shell station that has a free dump and good water. Gas price same as everywhere in town: $5.48 a gallon.

Probably Jim and Peg know about the Yukon Micro-Brewery. They give free tours at 2PM. After the tour we could sample up to 13 different kinds of beer. Norm, eat your heart out! We are not much into beer, but we did like a couple of their lighter brews. The dark ones are what the “real” drinkers seem to prefer. Anyway, that was fun and educational.

We celebrated our 32^nd wedding anniversary while here. I gave Eloise a brand new solenoid for the rig, and she gave me a rebuilt alternator. We needed the solenoid because we noticed that the coach battery wasn’t charging as we were driving, it was only being charged by the generator when we were running that. The solenoid seems to have taken care of that problem. Some miles back we began to notice a real high-pitched squeal from under the hood. I wasn’t sure whether it was from the alternator or the air pump. The NAPA where we got the solenoid had an attached garage. I asked that mechanic if he could please come over and analyze the source of the squeal. He was nice and brought his stethoscope with him. He listened to both things with it, and said they both were noisy. He wouldn’t say which one I should change. I had tried taking off the belt and turning them by hand, but couldn’t determine for sure. I chose the alternator and priced a few around town. Got one from Parts Plus and it has taken care of the worst of the screaming. Once the alternator was off, it was clear that it was the culprit.

Whitehorse is the current capitol of Yukon. It had been up in Dawson City. [Now having been to Dawson City, it is unbelievable it was ever there!] We asked around where the capitol building was, and we were told that there are buildings scattered around the city that perform the government functions. We’ve included a shot of a Canadian building we first thought must be the capitol, but it turned out to be on their federal level.

There are lots of interesting buildings there, but one that caught our eye was the log cabin high-rise. Four floors plus about half the basement were above ground.

The fish ladder on the edge of town was interesting, the visitor center was exceptionally nice with some RV parking, and there was a trolley that made the rounds of downtown. There was a lovely drive just south of town, Miles Canyon. We went to the lookout and took a few pictures, then went down to the Yukon River where there was a canyon that had been a real challenge to river boats in the early days. They have built a foot bridge across the canyon and you could hike on both sides. It is thoroughly enjoyable town. The downside was that their library didn’t have wireless.

The final picture is just along the way, the flowers were so beautiful and went on for miles and miles and miles.