Hey There Little Red Riding Hood

We are staying at the Pioneer RV Park which is just south of Whitehorse on the Alaska Highway. The highway is the only route into the Yukon from points south, and surprisingly sometimes we are the only vehicle on the road. This campground is large and there are at least three RV caravans here as well as independent travelers.

The morning is free time for us and I drive over to the Beringia Center. This is a museum about prehistoric animals that lived in the lost sub-continent of the last great ice age. This was the land bridge across the Bering Sea. Very interesting exhibits and a good movie too.

In the afternoon the group drove to the Miles Canyon Overlook and looked down into the Yukon River where the dangerous waters were a hazard for the Stampeders of 1898 on their way to the gold fields. Then we took a hike in the woods to Canyon City, a settlement where they lived while waiting to transport their supplies around the rapids and get on to the gold fields. You walk across a suspension bridge to start the hike and afterwards we went into town for dinner at the Klondike Restaurant. Turns out this is the hot spot in town and fish is the specialty. I had baked halibut topped with brie and a berry sauce. It was a huge portion and unbelievably delicious. Jeff had salmon in an orange ginger sauce and it was great also. Dessert was hot apple pie topped with two scoops of vanilla ice cream. We took the scenic route home and saw a float plane base.