Whitehorse
I decided we had better reserve for Whitehorse. I called our first choice. Full. The second choice. Full. The third choice 14km outside Whitehorse had space. Fortunately. Got here, pulled in, hooked up and it too filled up for the night.
I called Ellen, Dad’s friend from the 1940’s when he worked up here. She was happy to hear from us and we will visit with her Thursday.
Thursday
Visited the Steamship in downtown Whitehorse. That bit of history was interesting to see. People were obviously a lot shorter then because the railing on the upper deck was at my knees. We were warned not to lean on them because they were the original ones and not really safe anymore.
The Beringia Center was very interesting. Lots of preserved bones of prehistoric animals and an amusing exhibition of an ancient spear throwing method. From there we went to the Transportation Museum. Was kind of like visiting Dad’s wrecking yard. The staff there kindly allowed us to bring Lucy inside because it was very hot outside and otherwise we would have had to take turns going in.
We visited with Ellen and her brother, Axel and their friend of many years, Dale. What fun visiting their memories of Dad and listening to the old stories. And very good food too!
Tomorrow we will go to the Wildlife Reserve and see how many different kinds of wildlife we can spot. I think we will do the 5km walking tour.
