Day 21- 22 Friday and Saturday  Leaving Canada and crossing into Alaska

Cathy, our "tour guide" made a video of all the animals we have seen in Canada. It is your worth the time to watch it!!! Cathy did an amazing job!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N51MxorWOyI

Our journey on Destruction Bay Highway (Alaskan Highway) was everything we were warned about. On both the Canada and the US side! Lots of construction. As Cathy explained, they dig up the roads and then fill it in with gravel. Then the cars and trucks drive over it to flatten the gravel down. This makes for an extremely slow and bumpy ride. It took us 8 hours to go 363.6 km (232.2 miles) that should take 4 hours and 25 minutes! (See our You Tube video posted soon.)

We made sure we secured everything. Ed has mud flaps on his truck (thanks Kevin) and PPF film covering the front bottom half of the RV to protect from stone and rock damage. Only one issue- one of the blinds and valance fell down. Easy fix. All it took was a molly bolt. Good job Cathy & Ed!

                                                    All is took was a molly and a new screw.

We were happy to cross the border into the USA and had no problems. We had all the papers we were told we needed for Aussie, including a special health checkup form. Didn't need any of it. When we told the border agent that we had a dog he said that it was fine. 

                                                                   

                                                                                  

USA Visitor Center

Happy to arrive at TOK RV Village in the USA!

 

First thing we all did was wash the trucks and RVs which were covered with dirt from the drive. 

Worth the $40!

Then off to dinner at FAST EDDY'S, a short walk from the RVs.

Tomorrow a rest day and then off to Fairbanks, Alaska!

 

Days 18- 20  A lot of Traveling! Whitehorse, Yukon Canada and Kluane Lake

Day 18-19  Tues.- Wed. We spent two days in Whitehorse at the Hi Country RV park to get groceries and relax. Cathy and Charlies had a tire issue so it was good that we had an extra day.

Can you believe that this was taken at 11:00 pm?

The office was very rustic at Hi Country and the gift shop had some cute things that I got for Ralph. One thing was a really cute book Alaska's Three Little Pigs, by Aelene Laverde.      The three little pigs wanted to move to Alaska to grow big cabbages. The story follows the same theme with building houses and the third pig building the strongest house- a strong glacier. The enemy is a grizzly bear. The ending is really cute with how the pigs catch that grizzly bear!

Day 19  Thurs. Kluane Lake was beautiful even though it was windy and cold! We boondocked and was joined by 8 other RVs by the end of the night.

This whole area used to be covered with water from the melting glaciers. 

Now there is only blowing sediments in the background.

Hard to imagine that it was one week ago we crossed into Canada!                                        

Tomorrow we travel on Destruction Bay Highway and cross the border back into the USA.

Aussie is doing great and enjoys sleeping in the backseat. He liked walking on the beach. After I took the pictures, he had the zoomies and really wanted to run around! BUT...