Whitehorse, YT Day 3
Friday, June 23, 2017
We woke to bright sunshine today. We are excited! We've been advised to get whatever supplies, food etc here before we continue. This will be the last place with reasonable prices and supplies will be very limited.
Because it is sunny we decided to go into town and walk around a little and have lunch.
This is one of the many museums in Whitehorse. MacBride Museum illustrates the Yukon’s history, with a focus on the role of Whitehorse in the development of the Territory.
This restaurant was highly recommended, so we decided to try it out.
We each had a cup of halibut chowder served with homemade focaccia bread. OMG it was delicious.
Dusty is a bread pudding fanatic. After seeing their bread pudding, we ordered one to go for us to share. It is huge. We ended up having it for supper.
Dusty also wanted to find some elk sausage. She had some at a restaurant in Teslin and really enjoyed it. There are 3 meat markets in Whitehorse.
As we were walking to the meat market rated #1 we saw this mural painted on the side of a building.
Off the Hook Meat Works was our choice. I bought 2 packages of elk sausage and 2 top sirloin steaks.
The temperature is about 68 degrees F and in the sun it is absolutely gorgeous! We decided to go back to Miles Canyon and get pictures in the sunshine.
This view is from a elevated point looking up river just before the canyon.
Above is the beginning of the canyon. Below is looking down river and shows the walking bridge to the other side of the Yukon River.
Look at the strength of the side supports on the walking suspension bridge.
This is looking further down river. The Yukon River is gorgeous.
From the side of the road we could see people playing in the water on the opposite side of the river. Below is a closeup.
Closer into town, we could see Grey Mountain. You can see why it got its name. It has been a beautiful stay here in Whitehorse.
We did a little more grocery shopping and laundry so we are set to hit the road in the morning.
The purple flowers you see are called Fireweed. They are the first plant to come back after a forest fire. Also when their blossoms make it to the top of the plant we have 6 weeks of summer left.
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