Alaska Day 16

Looks like I accidently deleted the blog for the 16th….so to recap. I was sitting at Macs in Whitehorse debating on venturing south as it was drizzling with heavy dark clouds to the south. I still had not taken down my tent at Robert Service Campground.

Did you know, that Whitehorse with a population of 26,000 makes up 75% of the territories total.

This town was the jumping off point for the gold stampeders heading down the Klondike and in latter part of the 18th century travelled by rafts and moose hide boats or birch bark canoes…..in the early period of the 19th….steamers such as the SS Klondike ferried freight and supplies to Dawson City. This paddle wheel boat has been fully restored and sits dry docked as a museum.  While sitting here I met another older biker from Boston, riding a big harley….he was also camping. He was heading in the direction from which I had come and I gave him info on conditions….he said he had spent the last 5 days in torrential rains….O and I am going that way……I was soon to learn the facts.

Sun was breaking between a cloud, so back to camp and quickly packed away a wet tent and by 9 was on the road in a light drizzle which lasted about an hour. Stopped at Johnson’s Landing…just happened to have spent a night here on the way north…..well I am here again camped, the staff remembered me and said do you know the road conditions, I replied fine but they ment ahead of me not behind. The road is closed at Teslin and has been for a couple days. No word on when it will reopen. That was at 11 am , it is now 6.30 and more closures behind and ahead of me…so I am trapped…HELP

Will follow up tomorrow…..have a good night