Image: Evidence of the Fox encounter
Tuesday June 10th 2008
Drive from Haines Junction to Whitehorse to Teslin to Watson Lake
370 miles – estimated 7 hours of driving
Image: The fabulous Stardust Motel
Image: Exhibit at Teslin Cultural Center
By now we knew our money was running very, very low so more McDonalds fare was required. We got lucky in that I had signed up for a Best Western rewards card before my sabbatical started. This card covered the hotel in Golden BC. I used one visa card for the whole trip so it’s reward program paid for the hotel in Great Falls MT. Thank heavens my car gets 45 mpg when you’re going 50 mph, and 38-43 otherwise. I was impressed that excepting the car repair we did this whole trip on close to $4000.
This was another long day of driving. We stopped in Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre watched a video about the local people and poked around their exhibits. Then wandered down to the building where a local artist was working on another boat. Unfortunately he wasn’t there, but his loquacious nephew was. We got to look through a scrapbook of his uncles work and he explained about the boats. It was fascinating. I was particularly struck by the beauty of Teslin Lake, it is a long lake that is quiet narrow.
One of the ponds we suddenly stopped at had a few birds that were obvious but then looking, and looking we realized that there was a small flock of Bohemian waxings. This waxing is another new bird for my list, and one that I have longed to see.
Image: Statues sure to fake you out if you don't know any better.
Belvedere Hotel
Box 370,
Watson Lake: Yukon Y0A 1C0
Receipts:
Stardust Motel – Haines Junction YT
Fas Gas – Haines Junction YT
McDonalds – Whitehorse YT
Nisutlin Trading Post (food) – Nisutlin YT
Cultural Center (souvenirs) – Teslin YT
Wildlife & Birds:
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Rusty Blackbirds
American Wigeons
Robins
Bohemian Waxwings!!
Ravens
Mew Gulls
Canada Geese
Barrows Goldeneye
Image to the right: Teslin Lake
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