TD2 2022 Adventure - Alaska or Bust! - Part 2 - British Columbia and the Yukon, Canada

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Crossing the USA-Canada border turned out to be quick and easy (we headed east to Sumas).  We drove through BC for quite a while before slowing down, knowing we had a lot of ground to cover.  This was a very pretty stretch of road.  

Beautiful jade green Muncho Lake

At Whitehorse, we opted to leave the major AL-CAN Hwy (Rt 1) and head toward Dawson City (Rt 2), and eventually, Top of the World road into Alaska (in next post).  We did get to some wildlife -- the bison herd you see below, and both black and brown bears (which were too quick for my camera).

Bison mama molting and giving birth

One interesting story to go along with the muddiest picture of Thistle Dew Too.  We decided to take a side trip to Keno City (not sure why), where they still mine for silver.  The drive out was no problem, and we noticed there was a loop to get to and from Keno City, so I had hoped to come back the alternate route.  But by then it had started raining, and the roads were getting muddier and muddier.  And mining equipment was digging them up pretty badly.  

At one point we start going down a somewhat steep hill and Carol asks, are you going to turn-around?  I tell her that's no longer possible (road too narrow, not to mention the mud).  But I concurred it was to risky to keep going forward.  So I cleaned off the mud-caked backup camera, and slowly started to back up the road hoping no one would block my way, and that my wheels don't start spinning.  Finally, we make it to a point where I can turn around, and we slowly make our way back to a camping pullout we had found earlier.  

At some point while we were doing that we said "we are in the middle of freakin' nowhere!"  Hence the signage scraped out of the caked on dirt on the back of Thistle Dew Too.

We're Back!! From the Middle of Nowhere

Here is the full set of photos for Part 2 - BC and Yukon, Canada of our TD2 2022 Alaska or Bust! adventure.  As you move your cursor over each photo, you will see a descriptive title.  If you can't read all of it, just mouse over the title and you'll see the full text.

Next up we will be continuing up north in Canada, and drive into the Northwest Territory of Canada and up to the Arctic Ocean. Boy can that sometimes be a bumpy ride!

And no matter where we roam, we always like keep Thistle Dew Too's motto in mind: