Our first stop this morning was right across the street at the Beaver Creek Visitor Centre where we entered the draw for the 2oz and 1oz gold nuggets now that we had more than 20 stamps in our Yukon passport. We each got a gold Yukon pin as well.

As we drove along the Alaska highway we saw several ‘pothole’ lakes that were caused by the melting permafrost due to the rebuilding of the highway.

The scenery on this drive was spectacular in places!

We had read that this area is a stop-over for migratory birds and that the Trumpeter Swans use this area for nesting. We were so lucky to actually see a pair swimming close by the highway.

There is lots of construction on the highway and some longer stretches have pilot cars that guide you through the working equipment and challenging stretches of road. Today we had a 20km stretch and were following such a pilot pickup truck when it abruptly stopped, another pickup truck pulled up beside it and began re-fueling it. We could not resist asking for fuel as well. No such luck!

We stopped at the Kluane Museum of Natural History and saw a terrific display of the animals, native tools and weapons, and Yukon minerals.

The Dall Sheep are generally so high up in the mountains that you don’t get a close look at them.

Dinner was at the Talbot Arm Motel, restaurant, gas station and gift shop. Here we ran into the French motorcyclists with their sidecars we told you about a couple of days ago.

Our campground for this evening is the Congdon Creek Yukon Government Campground, right on Kluane Lake. The tenting area was surrounded by an electric fence as a grizzly bear trail runs along the creek. No fences for hard-shell RVs, so we were on our own. No, we didn’t see any grizzly bears but sure enjoyed the amazing scenery at the lake.