Day Two

Tok, AK to Teslin, Yukon Territory
May 27th, 2009

High Point of the Day....
Low Point of the Day......
Seeing Kluane Lake in the winter, in the summer.
Really, push starting in Tok? Already?
Miles Traveled Today
Total Miles Traveled
The Bus Playlist
Weather
509
769
Paolo Nutini, K'Naan, The Roots, Damian Marley
Nothing but sun, and thunder clouds in the distance
Price of Gas 
(average per gallon)
Wildlife
Night's Lodging
Where this Page was Uploaded
3.60
Moose and a couple of black bears
Squanga Lake Campground
Missoula KOA, Missoula MT

Daily Didactic
There is something about 10:00 am that is magic for us. Some people wake naturally at 5:00 am, Brian's grandfather for instance, but for us that time is 10:00. We awoke a little early at 9:45 or so and headed the 60 miles up the road to Tok. We stopped, as is our habit, at Young's Chevron and filled the tank. When it came time to go Brian turned the key and the old and familiar sound of solenoid against dead starter ground away. This is not a new or uncommon ailment for the bus, nor is it very hard to work around, it's just a little unfortunate this early in the game at the beginning of Canada. When you know in advance of the issue you make a point to stopping on a grade so you can roll to a start. Unaware, however, we had stopped in a dip. A friendly mechanic from Young's helped push us to a start and we headed for the border. We stopped at the pleasant oasis that is the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge and had a little lunch under the looming thunder clouds before crossing into Canada. Oddly, the bus started with the key this time.

After convincing the border guard that we were trustworthy (which takes far less energy than it used to) we rolled around the stilled iced over Kluane Lake, through Haines Junction and stopped for gas in Whitehorse. After gassing up, pushing the bus to a start and making the final arrangements for a house painting by a teacher friend while we are gone this summer, we pushed on to Squanga Lake Provincial Campground just west of Teslin for the evening.


Daily Pictures (Slide Show)

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Morning breaks in Porcupine Creek Campground Apparently now run by locals...
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...and frozen Crews stringing wires south of Tok
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Come on, you know you'd do it too Must have been a bad day at the Texaco
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Hula! Hula, G, and feet
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A little lunch break at the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Our happy homemaker
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It was really about time to finish packing Our spartan interior
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No turning back now. Well of course we could, but it is getting harder. If they'd only been open.
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The Burwash Landing Museum fire exhibit The new road around Kluane Lake
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The bus sporting the well traveled look The old cabin we thought would be gone, now a side road
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Mountains and hanging clouds The crazy Haines Junction cupcake
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Nice shot, still not sure how I did it A little bus shadow on the was to Teslin for the night


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