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The Alaska Highway to Carcross

June 12, 2023 to June 14, 2023

After crossing into the Yukon and staying at a lovely gravel rest stop, I headed out again to go West to Whitehorse! I stretched my legs with a stop at this little recreation site with a trail to a boardwalk around this nice waterfall :)

Done driving for the day I needed to find somewhere to sleep, and this one was a keeper. Whenever there is a sign like this, thats always a good indication, and it did not disappoint. At this radio tower there was a perfect place to park with 360 views of mountains.

In the morning, I did yoga like an influencer :D

And then it was time to leave and head to Carcross! I tried taking another video of part of the drive down... it worked ok...

At a random rest stop there were some old equipment left out which was pretty fun, here I also met Chen, who was currently biking to Alaska. He had be biking around the world for the last 18 years, and had already been to 37 countries!

While driving to Carcross I took a little pull off to a little dirt road to try to get some photos of the surrounding mountains, but before I got out of the van I saw 2 grizzly bears directly in front of me! Again, too far to get a good photo with a 20mm lens, but I tried! by the time I got the photo, one had already left.

While in Carcross I did a few hikes, the first was lovely, had incredible views the whole way up and some interesting old mining structures left behind. A lot of grouse hanging out on this trail, and a few very much didn't think I should be there and asked me to leave by politely raising it's wings and running at me.

The lower part of the Venus Silver Mine was this structure that was still standing even with the unstable ground.

The second hike was Sam McGee, another one along some old mining equipment and a tram line. again beautiful views, wildflowers everywhere and a relentless incline. On the way down, I cam across what I think was a Lynx sitting directly on the trail. I stopped and it hadn't seem me, and as I was thinking of what to do it looked over at me, and ran off. I spent a little more time talking to myself out loud after that :)

After the hikes I was pretty tired, so I stopped by the Bennet lake lookout which was a gorgeous view of the lake and mountains, and also some kite surfers :)

Last stop before heading to Whitehorse, Carcross desert. I think by definition it isn't a desert, but it is the remnants of a lake that left this sand dune area in between the mountains.