Day Eight - Watson Lake to Haines Junction

Saturday May 31st 2008
Drive to Whitehorse and to Haines Junction YT
369 miles – estimated 7 hours of driving)

Before we went on this trip, Nick and I discussed how interesting it was that people look for chain restaurants when eating out in new places. By the time we got to Whitehorse we were ready for a chain restaurant, something where the food wood be familiar and up to a certain standard of edibility. That’s not to say that other places weren’t decent food. But familiarity was something that was desired. And that’s how we ended up at Pizza Hut in Whitehorse. We used McDonalds on a semi-regular basis, but that was more to keep our food costs down. This time, Pizza was what we wanted.

I believe this is the drive where Nick put one of Cosby’s radio/humor broadcasts on the car transmitter. I laughed so hard I actually had to pull over and wipe tears from my eyes.

Haines Junction is one of my favorite spots ever. The drive was much shorter than expected so when we got there we had time to look around. And you cannot beat the scenery of the St. Elias Mountain chain. The hotel was clean and fresh and the dining room was astonishing. One of the best meals we had on the trip was here.

ALCAN Motor Inn
P.O. Box 5460 Haines Junction, Yukon Territory, Y0B 1L0
(867) 634-2371
For Reservations Only:

Receipts:
Belvedere Hotel – Watson Lake YT
Watson Lake Super A Foods (grocery) – Watson Lake YT
Petro Canada - Watson Lake YT
Pizza Hut – Whitehorse YT
Shell Canada – Whitehorse YT
Madleys Bigway Foods (grocery) – Haines Junction, YT
AlCan Motor Inn (dinner) – Haines Junction YT