Day Six - Watson Lake YT to Whitehorse YT 272 Miles

                Today started off with the Sign Post Forrest.  This is not your normal group of trees.  80,000 road signs, mile markers, license plates, and every other possible sign that you could of think of, are nailed on 100’s of wooden posts in a small park.  It’s amazing how many different places you can get represented in Watson Lake, a small town in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. 

                We decided to take a short trip over to Whitehorse (only about 4 ½ hours) and spend the night there.  Whitehorse is the capital of the Yukon Territory and has about 26,000 residents.  When tourists come, the numbers grown exponentially.  The hotel we stayed at works with the cruise lines and was filled with tourists passing through.  Guess we fit right in:) 

                The S.S. Klondike is stationed in Whitehorse.  It used to be a functional sternwheeler ferrying passengers from Whitehorse to Dawson City during the gold rush.  It was quite large to explore and the tour guide was very informative. 

                Then we drove over to the McPhearson museum and browsed for a bit.  At his museum was the actual cabin of Sam McGee.  Now, I imagine that most of you have heard the poem “The Cremation of Sam Mcgee”, and know that it is my favorite poem, so seeing the cabin of the main character was quite cool.  In one room there was also a large collection of Alaskan (and Canadian) taxidermied animals.  It’s surprising how big some of those creatures are when you’re staring at them face to face! 

                After the museum we had dinner and headed to the hotel for an early evening.  I’m planning on going lap swimming tomorrow morning so I need some sleep.  I didn’t play the bagpipes today, nowhere to stop along the road – Oh well:(      

Signpost Forest 

Scenery again...

S.S. Klondike - Stern wheeler 

McPhearson Museum 

Sam McGee Cabin 

Alaina got caught by Mairyn the Mountie