AUGUST 22ND AND 23RD, TRAVEL DAYS TO NORTH BEAVER POST, YUKON AND DEASE LAKE, BC

Yesterday was a long day. We did 308 miles and while that doesn't sound like much, on these narrow, windy, frost heave roads, it takes a while. Our friends did get their hitch from Blue Ox yesterday and were so relieved. As we pulled out and started our ascent up that 11.5 mile, 11% grade, the clouds poured in and it was maybe 20' of visibility. Of course I was relieved not to have to look at the steep drop offs,but it was rough on the drivers. Customs was easy. We are getting to be such pros at going thru customs. The rest of the day was pretty much backtracking back towards Whitehorse although we took a short cut and avoided going all the way back to Whitehorse. When we arrived at our campground, we had a brief social at 7 to celebrate Lynn's birthday and Jon and Lynn's anniversary. Afterwards Lynn gave us some pointers on using our washer/dryers. I wish I had this about 50 days ago. Great lessons.

This morning-guess what? Rain!!!! Not only is it raining but the wind is blowing and it is cold. I told our friend Lucy, at least we were getting out of it. For the people who live here,it will only get worse. We took the Cassair Hwy today and it has lived up to its reputation. We left North Beaver Post (15 miles south of Watson Lake) at 8:30 this morning, made maybe 3 stops totaling 1 hour and arrive here at 1:45 after driving only 146 miles. That means 4 hours to drive 146 miles. Does that tell you how slow we had to go on these roads? When we arrived at our campground, our poor WM found out his spring mount had fallen off his MH at the last campground and he had to take his truck and go all the way back. Fortunately, the cg. manager found it and was keeping it for him. No telling when he will get back, but he is going in his truck and can travel faster. We weren't suppose to have WiFi tonight but the owner is letting us use his since we have for the most part, not had any the last week. In Skagway, the last night, we had 1 hr. of Wifi time.

I am not sure what the evening holds since things have changed. We are hoping to see the Northern Lights at 2 in the morning if the sky has cleared. May still have a social tonight as believe it or not it has quit raining. We can only hope it is over.