Kluane Park

 Total km driven 708. Total for trip 4173

Animals seen today. one caribou, one black bear and one fox (right behind where we are staying!)

This is what it looks like when a house cat wants to walk around on a dusty car sometime during the night

Today was a day trip from Whitehorse. We started by driving the Alaska Highway to Haines Junction. At the visitor information centre we talked to the information lady and asked which was the better highway to take for this day trip. She suggested highway three heading south towards Haines, Alaska. What a great suggestion! 

We started by heading to the furthest south point of our trip-the summit at Chillkat. Here we were above the tree line but unfortunately it was cloudy.

After a few bites to eat (it was about 12:30 or so) we started back with the first stop being Million Dollar Falls where we had a short walk to a pleasant little waterfall.

From there we went to the Rock Glacier where we had a bit of a strenuous walk up to the glacier. It had  a tremendous view of the mountains and valleys

Our next stop was a recommendation for the visitor centre lady and that was Kathleen Lake. 

Beautiful!

Once back in Haines Junction we decided to go for a bit up the Alaska Highway which had been an option in the morning. We made the better choice by heading south earlier. The road was a better quality but the mountains weren't as magnificent.

As we headed out from Haines Junction a cop also came out. The posted highway speed is 90 soooo because he was behind me (and stayed there) I could only do 92 km/hour. BOOOOORING!!! The highway was perfect for 110! Oh well!

After about 30 minutes of 92 km/hour and comparatively lousy mountain scenery we turned back and headed home. I "pushed the envelope" by doing 100 km/hr all the way to Whitehorse.

We decided to get Time Horton's chili again and we ate at the Air Bnb.