Day 9. Today we travelled from Watson lake to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. A partly sunny day but with warmer than usual temperatures. The car read 59 degrees earlier this afternoon, which is 2 degrees above their average high summer temperature. We have had several firsts. We spotted our first bear yesterday along the side of the road and got some great up close (Gail would say too close!) pictures. We saw our first wolf today, but it had been hit by a car/truck and was along the side of the highway. I pelted Gail with a snowball yesterday at our campground, and she returned the favor today while we were doing a short hike to a waterfall. The lakes still have quite a bit of ice on them and there is snow wherever there is shade. We will camp at Tahini Hotsprings tonight and hope to get a nice soak there. Tomorrow we plan to stay in Whitehorse and see the sights including the old paddlewheeler S.S. Klondike. We may even pan for gold if we have the oppportunity. As it stands now on Thursday we will head for Skagway for a three day stay. But stay tuned; those plans may change! We have been thinking about taking the Alaska Maritime Highway home rather than returning via the Alaska Highway. If we do we would hopefull take the ferry (car and us) from Seward to Seattle and drive home via the upper tier of states. We will research that further when we get to Skagway. But there is much that will happen before we exercise that plan. Keep praying for warm weather. We've been fortunate to have relatively balmly(!) weather so far.
Mileage for the day: 272 miles
Mileage of the trip: 3,177 miles
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