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Alaska 2008 Ride Report
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North of Buckinghorse Day 8: “Critter Day”

June 19, 2008 - Buckinghorse river park to Watson Lake, Yukon Territory.

On the road before 8AM, which was actually before 7AM since I'd crossed into Pacific Time late yesterday. Really cold packing up everything in the morning, probably close to 40 Degrees. Kind of cold and occasionally rainy headed up to Ft. Nelson. On the plus side, saw both bear and moose. Yesterday, eating dinner in Ft St. John, a couple of locals were telling me that the scenery past Ft. Nelson was really nice. They called that. Very, very nice ride. Warmed up some, sun was out, very pleasant. Saw all sorts of animals. More bear, more moose, big horn sheep, buffalo, even a beaver dam and lodges.

Decided to stay in a hotel in Watson Lake, a little short of where I'd wanted to get to but needed some internet access and to do laundry. When I was doing laundry, I met a really interesting lady named Brenda, she and her husband live outside of Dawson in a cabin, no electricity. I can't imagine!! Anyway, we chatted for a while about what her life was like up there, and how she came to be there(she was originally from Toronto). Her husband plays music up in Dawson, so hopefully I'll run into him tomorrow or Saturday.

Stuff like this is one of the advantages of traveling alone. If you're in a group you tend to talk to the people you're with and not as much to strangers.

Going to try to make Dawson tomorrow, we'll see what happens.

Endless Forest
Endless Forest
Moose
Moose
Summit Lake
Summit Lake
Bighorn Sheep
Bighorn Sheep
Bighorn Sheep
Bighorn Sheep
Random Mountains
Random Mountains
Mucho Lake
Mucho Lake
Mucho Lake
Mucho Lake
Mucho Lake
Mucho Lake
More Moose
More Moose
Buffalo
Buffalo

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