We are now in the Yukon Territory

Howdy! It is Tuesday, July 15th and we left on Saturday; travelling through the Northern Rockies in British Columbia and now arriving in the Yukon. Our cell phones are turned off as they can't even find the right time zone but we can get WIFI. Go figure!

So far, we have travelled about 900 miles on the Alaskan Highway. We will leave the highway on Thursday to travel up the Klondike Highway to Dawson City, YT and Chicken, Alaska before going to Delta Junction where the highway ends. We'll circle back here during the final days of the trip, so we will be able to actually travel the entire highway. So the challenge is to figure out what to share with you because we have taken a ton of photos and every curve in the road offers a new adventure. First, I should tell you that the Alaskan Highway is a very good road. In most places it is two lanes with wide, paved shoulders and the traffic is not heavy so those who need to pass us have no problem doing so. You do have to plan where to get fuel, as you could go for as long as 250 miles without any services.

So far, we have seen buffalo, black bear, caribou, fallow deer and moose. On Monday, we even had to wait for the caribou to move off the highway but then today, we didn't see one animal but we have seen beautiful scenery. We have really enjoyed getting to know the other "trackers" and have had a lot of fun as there is a lot of kidding and joking that takes place.

The biggest adjustment is that we have on average, about 19 hours of daylight every day. I would argue that it doesn't get dark at all; thank goodness for blackout shades. We somehow manage to stay up until 11 or 12 every night and usually get up about 6 or 6:30 to get moving by 8. Molly is really confused, but has started to understand "Too early! Go back to bed" and climbs back in without much fuss.

Speaking of late, it is about 10:20 pm here and I need to close for now. I'll attach a couple of fun photos to give you an idea what we are seeing. Stay tuned!