| Have you got the picture
that this road is endless yet? The Yukon is 12 times the area of the UK and
has a population of 30,000. |  |
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I'm not sure that this isn't the only metalled road. The rest are almost all
gravel. |
| I suppose these were easy
bridges to transport and erect. |  |
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One of the rare trucks which passed us. I'm assuming most of the transport
to Alaska goes by sea. We have seen very little road traffic. |
| Wow - a different style
of bridge. Sufficiently unusual to be worthy of comment. |  |
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We are getting close to the continental divide. Rivers beyond here flow into
the Arctic. |
| This would be more
impressive if the clouds were higher. However the weather has in the main
been very benign. |  |
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There are rest areas every 80km or so. This one is near a waterfall with a
properly constructed walkway to it. |
| These are Rancheria Falls
. There are two sections with a proper timber boardwalk and viewing
platforms. |  |
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This is the second falls. Not as spectacular as some but the whirlpools
below them show very turbulent currents. |
| Another shot of the first
falls. They are only yards apart. |  |
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Approaching Teslin. the old road carries on and the new one turns right. The
cones mark a bumpy bit where the road has been patched following frost
damage. Cones are quite common. |
| This is the Nisutlin Bay
bridge, the longest on the Alaska Highway at 1917ft. This is the BC-Yukon
border and we will stay at the lodge on the far side of the bridge. |  |
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The design is familiar, it is just the scale which is different. |
| The roadway is a metal
grating and you sound just like a tube train setting off as you cross the
deck. It can be very slippery in wet or icy conditions. |  |
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The gift shop at the lodge has a collection of stuffed animals like this
impressive looking grizzly. We were impressed by the beautiful condition of
all the specimens. |
| This is a snowy owl, one
of the few owls which is active in daylight. |  |
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A beaver. They cut willows and aspens in the summer and submerge them near
their lodge for use as a food source in the winter when the water freezes
over. |
| This male mule deer
became reckless crossing thin ice during the mating season and was drowned.
There is a small herd of about 2500 in the area. |  |
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We are still looking for a live moose. Sadly this one is stuffed. |
| A mountain goat with a
rather luxurious coat. These are shy and reclusive creatures, rarely seen. |  |
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Not much different to the Dall sheep which also live in the area. |
| Musk ox inhabit some of
the Arctic islands and are slowly increasing in numbers after being almost
hunted to extinction in the last century. |  |
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One of a pack of timber wolves shown hunting a solitary moose. Despite the
size difference they can and do kill the old and weak. part of nature's
cycle. |
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