We were headed to Valdez but heard they were having some flooding there. So, when we got to the junction, and saw a storm to the West, we turned east and eventually decided to go home by way of Glacier National Park. It only adds 400 miles and about a day to the trip. Plus we should find at least a few grizzlies there. Turns out to be a good decision as it rained all day yesterday and it started raining again this morning.
We stayed the night at our now favorite Yukon rest stop in Whitehorse (the only one that lets you sleep there). We stayed the previous night at the Deadman Lake Campground near the Canadian boarder. What a pleasant surprise. It is maybe the nicest free campground we have ever stayed at. You can tell that people love this place and take good care of it. It is in the Teslin National Wildlife Refuge which, when combined with Wrangle-St Elias National Park and Kluane National Park, makes up the largest area of protected land in the world. Something like over 20 million acres.
The next leg of our trip has very few services for nearly 800 miles. Then once we get to Fort St. John, all of that changes. I'm told gas Edmonton/Calgary is under $5 a gallon. That would help make up for some of the prices we'll be paying today and tomorrow. I didn't bring enough gas cans for 800+ miles. The good news is the highway is excellent the rest of the way back to the U.S.
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