On The Meandering Road: June 21, 2017

It was a cloudy morning! At least, it did not rain when we were up. It was 40 degrees (the weather app said it is warmer than yesterday), and chilly.

Erwin and I put in layers of clothing just in case. Layering clothes makes a big difference and easier to peel one by one when the weather gets warmer.

Two arranged tours for the group: Yukon Beringia Interpretive Center and Yukon Transportation Museum.

As we were getting out of the Jeep to walk to the museum
this fox suddenly appeared out of the woods, but
did not stay there very long

Giant Beaver that used to roam the North ages ago
8 feet tall and 480 lbs
Skeletal remains were discovered in 1837

The first tour was at 9 am, and Tracy was our guide for an hour and half. Before touring the exhibits we watched a short movie about the Beringia Ice Age. After the tour we went outside where we were taught how to throw spears with a throwing stick. It goes much farther than you can throw a spear without it!

Photobombed by Eileen

We were in our own at Yukon Transportation Museum. There were displays of old vehicles and modes of transportation inside the building and outside.

"Follow the stories of the early bush pilots as they struggled to make community access easier. Hike the Chilkoot trail alongside the intrepid stampeders as they forged their way by boat, foot and train to make it to the storied riches of Yukon’s Klondike gold fields. Hear the tales of the people that shaped the Alaska Highway, the road still essential to life in Canada’s famous Yukon. At the Yukon Transportation Museum you will see, read, and hear about the rich history of the north through lively stories and the interesting, detailed and surprising size of displays." (Excerpts from Yukon Transportation website)

Snowshoes

Bush Plane

Quilt done by Kluane Quilter's Guild in Whitehorse, YT

Vintage DC-3 plane that is now the world's largest weathervane
It spins on a pole and points into the wind

We went back to Staples to "complain" about the jumpdrive stick that would not load up pictures in my notebook. Jose, the salesguy who recommended the device, was not in today. The tech guy was available to help me, and I explained the situation about pictures not showing up when the device is plugged in. Well, guess what!? As soon as he plugged the device in the notebook the pictures showed up! I swore to him that it did not work yesterday and even my friend tried it on her laptop and nothing happened. He had no answer for it 😜. I left the store feeling relieved because I really want to free up storage in my iPhone.

I prepared scalloped potatoes for the 6 pm potluck. Erwin spent the afternoon reading Louis L'Amour paperback while I read the Milepost for tomorrow's trip to Dawson City, YT.

The musical entertainment was provided by Richard and Brian, our Sea Turtles team members. Plenty of foods were brought in by caravan members. The hosts provided the ham. There was a travel briefing afterwards. Our team is the first one to depart at 6:30 am tomorrow morning. The reason for this was because Steve found out that the other caravan group, Foretravel, was going on the same route and he wanted us all to get ahead of them tomorrow morning.

We were entertained by the Bag Lady (Wanda). At first, we did not recognize who she was, and we thought it was an outsider crashing in the party. It took us a while to find out it was our very own caravan member. She was very funny, gave us lots of laughter.
Everyone had a great time.