Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

 

 

Looking through a travel brochure while in Whitehorse, we came across a picture of the Mounties marching in the Canada Day parade. Being an old fan of Sergeant Preston and King, I had to stay and watch the festivities. The Mounties didn't disappoint and looked sharp in their dress uniforms. 

 

We started the morning off by going to a pancake breakfast which was put on by the Lions Club. Note that this is a popular event as can be witnessed by the people standing in line.

Dornier 228 flown by Nomad Air flew around the downtown area of Whitehorse.

What's a parade without the local dignitaries?

A patriotic display must have veterans.

and cute little girls

Of course a country like Canada with it's proud Scotts must have a bagpipe unit.

The Mounties didn't disappoint with their sharp appearance and familiar dress uniforms.

Don't know what these two represented, but do remember it gets cold in Canada in the winter.

Man's best friend got into the act and was a popular addition .

This guy was just a spectator and obviously loved his little pug puppy.

We'll end with the trolley that travels on the edge of the downtown area.

Teslin Yukon Territory

Well, we are back in civilization and are at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota, but we'll get to that latter. While in Alaska and on the return trip it was difficult to get adequate internet service, so we were off line for awhile. We're back and will pick up where we left off  at our next stop Teslin and the Tlingit culture center. We will be telling our story with pictures in order to speed up the process of getting to Alaska and the return trip. I'm tired all ready. Here we go.

By the way, I will be trying to date each post with the real date of occurrence. Some folks are having trouble with the videos so I will post them on you tube at the same time as I post them here.


As it was all through Canada, the scenery was simply breathtaking.

There is a narrow steel decked bridge crossing the Teslin River. Perhaps it was because we were on the road, but even this sort of thing was entertaining. Hell, it was awesome!

As we noted before, Canadians seem to be in love with statues and Teslin was no different.

 









Lupines were all over the highway right of way and made some very interesting flower arrangements for the traveler.

 We never figured out what these flowers were, but when mixed with lupines were quite showy.

The violet-green swallows were great fun to watch as they fed on the local bug population.

The cliff swallows with their orange throats and white foreheads seemed more aggressive than the violet-green swallows.

No trip to Tlingit territory would be complete without checking out the totems. Like this one representing the eagle.

Beaver totem.

Wolf totem

You have to love the Frog totem.

The Raven totem

The beaver totem is easy to identify. Each totem represents a family of Tlingit.

Native canoes in the traditional shape but constructed with modern materials and modern tools. I was somewhat disappointed in these since I was hoping to see a real reproduction. Oh well !

Enroute Teslin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The trip to Teslin was filled with scenic beauty but I have stopped pulling over for every outstanding view. Pat is right when she wants to know if I'm going to bore people with a long slide show which I think is a good question.

Newton is a happy camper as long as he is next to Pat or at her feet or in her lap. Our big baby.



Came across this stone sheep by himself in the middle of the road
 and he meandered off and up the mountain. Fortunately he paused

for a photo op.

We actually saw ten black bears and 2 grizzlies.

We happened along these endangered wood buffalo along the road. This big
bull was in no hurry to move. Ask me about his disdain for vehicles. Not a

   pretty image.

It really amazes me, how close you can get to these big guys without spooking them.

This was another one of the bears which was a shiny coat healthy looking specimen.
Plus he was larger.

I don't think he liked us spying on him.

This is a picture of the famous signpost forest in Watson Lake, Yukon Territory.

We didn't find a sign for Suches but we did find one for Hiawasee.

We took the right hand side. To quote Jackie "Away we gooooo"

Some of the famous road construction and delays. Note the loose gravel.