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.

Morning breaks in Porcupine Creek Campground		Apparently now run by locals...
...and frozen		Crews stringing wires south of Tok
Come on, you know you'd do it too		Must have been a bad day at the Texaco
Hula!		Hula, G, and feet
A little lunch break at the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge		Our happy homemaker
It was really about time to finish packing		Our spartan interior
No turning back now. Well of course we could, but it is getting harder.		If they'd only been open.
The Burwash Landing Museum fire exhibit		The new road around Kluane Lake
The bus sporting the well traveled look		The old cabin we thought would be gone, now a side road
Mountains and hanging clouds		The crazy Haines Junction cupcake
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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