I have discovered that I made a geographical error that I need to correct for all you budding adventures out there. Several posts ago I shared a picture of the Yukon River at the 5 Finger Rapids and said that the river ran by Dawson City and then continued up north and emptied into the Arctic ocean. That however is incorrect, the Yukon River actually turns west a bit past Dawson City and flows through all of Alaska to finally empty out into the Bering Sea. It is really quiet amazing and the rivers and lakes that we are coming across are quite large. Yesterday we drove along beside a river for a number of miles and didn't see a boat on it.
Just to finish off my question from our stay at the Sheep Crossing Lodge. After sharing my frustration and dissapointment with the owner she appologised and then asked if she could get us some coffee before we left. I of course had already paid for my $2. 25 coffee for the morning and declined. I don't know if I should have expected more or I got exactly what was coming to me, but all in all if you are traveling the Parks Highway I would encourage you to stop and get a piece of their Wild Berry Pie (alamode of course) a drink if you need one and enjoy the ambiance before heading on to stay else where.
Here is actually a picture of how you get across the Yukon River at Dawson City.
Today it is starting out raining and gray as we continue to head south. I'll post later with any new excitement.
I just looked at the calendar and realized that we need to be back in Indiana a week from today.
It doesn't seem possible but the adventure will be winding down soon.
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