Finally Friends, we’re leaving Whitehorse. Don’t get me
wrong, Whitehorse is a nice place to visit, but we’re on a motorcycle ride.
We got up this morning and walked into town for a light
breakfast at Tim Horton’s, a Canadian donut chain, and then returned to the
hotel to throw in a last-minute load of laundry. Lane called the motorcycle
shop about 10:00 am to inquire about the progress on his radiator repair. They said
that they had it back together and the tech was test riding it. We beat feet to
the shop right away. After paying the
$307 tariff the bike was ours again. We rode back to the hotel, grabbed our
laundry out of the dryer, packed our bikes and hit the road for Watson Lake,
YK, via the Alaska Highway at about noon.
It was a bit of a late start but it’s great to be back on
the road again. We stopped at Teslin for gas and lunch. Lane and I have been
having soup and been splitting a sandwich for a nice light lunch lately.
Departing Teslin we had to cross the dreaded Teslin metal surface five-span
bridge again. It’s always very
unsettling, but we managed to conquer it again successfully. At least it wasn’t
raining.
Farther down the road we came across a couple of bears eating
alongside the highway and stopped for a few photos, with the motors running of
course. It’s reported that bears can run
more than 35 MPH and we were not interested in becoming a Canadian version of meals
on wheels.
We made pretty good time today under fair skies and cool
temperatures and pulled into Watson Lake, home of the signpost village, around
5:00 pm, checked into our hotel and walked to a nearby family-owned restaurant
for the homemade meatball special.
We made an interesting observations on this trip that bodes well for the economy overall. In 2008, we saw very few recreation vehicles on the Alaska Highway, presumably the result of the economy going in the tank. This year, quite to the contrary, the highway is alive with RV’s, motorhomes, truck and campers and travel trailers, many of them rentals. People are spending money and traveling this year.
PS - The radiator is still holding water, yea!
Here are a few photos we took today:
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