Day 89 – June 7 – Road towards Dawson City

We planned to get to the RV washing station this morning as close to opening time as possible, which was 7:30.  We were running a little ahead of the Ottos, so we pulled over to the wash area, but someone had just pulled in ahead of us.  We waited while this guy – who was in no hurry – worked on his camper.  After waiting about 30 minutes, and he was not close to being finished, we decided to head out.  The campers are really dirty after all this time on the road and need a good bath, but it is just going to have to wait until Alaska.

We turned on the Klondike Highway just outside of Whitehorse and drove towards Dawson City.  There wasn’t much in the way of sights along the road.  The most activity was trying to miss the potholes in the road.  The road is not in real good shape, with bad payment and frost heaves (places where the road has buckled because of the freezing weather).

We stopped at the Five Fingers rapids to look at the area that gave many a river traveler problems.  We took some photos and ate lunch.

About two o’clock we reached our stopping place for the night.  This is a former government campground along the Petty River.  It is still available for camping, but there isn’t any maintenance on the grounds.  Tomorrow we head on into Dawson City.