Up and out of the campsite we passed through a couple of construction zones. Nice of the road crews to place motorcycles at the front of the queues through the construction zones. That way we don't have to deal with all of the dust from the other cars, and they think that it is safer for us.
Just after the construction zones we stopped for 'galactically famous' cinnamon rolls which were, in fact quite tasty! At $5.00 each, a fair price
Continuing on, we watched the forest become almost pure deciduous and then back to mixed deciduous and pine. Most of the day the air was heavy with the smoke from forest fires. The smoke was so thick that one could smell it. Just past Watson Lake we could see the fires from a distance, and passed a fire camp with something like 6 helicopters parked on the side of the road.
At Watson Lake we found the famed Signpost Forest.
Lots of YAFVs, YAFRs, and YAFMs (no pics yet).
Finally, we are now here:
Camped at the Yukon Motel near YAFL where we we met a woman from Oregon (who told us she is pushing 80) on her way from Oregon to Fairbanks and Anchorage to see her kids. She was riding the red Spyder in the picture below.
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| See, we are not the only Spyder riders up here |
Wildlife count:
5 Caribou
24 Mtn Sheep
1 Bear
5 Bison
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