Day 10 July 11, 2025 Continental Divide Motel British Columbia to Whitehorse Yukon 188 miles
A French couple with their two young daughters stayed in the campground where we were last night. They are riding bicycles and camping in tents. The girls are most likely 8 and 10 years of age. Sure glad we are not them. So much rain and so many hills. We saw them yesterday on the road as well. They appear to use a road to keep the girls on the side of the road.
We filled with gas and while that was going several motorcycles stopped in for a break and gas. They were from northern Idaho near Sandpoint. Small world.
The first wildlife sighting for the day was a bunny rabbit on a side road. It was far enough away that it didn’t move. We also see lots of crows. One was on the road where it dropped out of the gene pool.
In one of the rest areas Connie saw what she thought was a wolf. It was much the same coloring as a coyote but much larger. It was standing near a camp trailer but she didn’t think it was a pet. It didn’t have a collar. Seems odd for it to be right their in the rest stop. Maybe it needed a rest also.
Construction is still in progress on a new bridge near Teslin. It was in progress last year when we came through. The current bridge is one of those with a metal floor that causes havoc when driving the woodie. Sure glad we didn’t meet another vehicle on the road. When possible on that flooring we try to drive in the middle.
Teslin Lake is just a little further down the road. It’s a much larger lake.
We ate our picnic lunch in the car at a rest stop. It’s raining so in the car is best. Several vehicles stopped at the outhouses. They looked in one of them and immediately went to the other. We didn’t checked out the problem but it must have been bad.
The weather has been cloudy and raining most of the day. That makes picture taking not so good. The windshield is covered with little dots of water. The clouds hang down low and everything is in muted tones. The terrain is still lots of mountains and evergreen trees. Both sides of the road have wide strips of little or no vegetation. We decided that was for the safety of wildlife.
That wide strip did allow us to see another black bear rather easily. It was just standing in that strip.
Before checking into our hotel, we stopped at the Visitors Center to get information about the Dempster Highway. They are very helpful in there. We took several flyers too. The bathroom in this building is non gender specific. All are welcome. All are stalls and only one long sink with multiple faucets. So much for the normal long lines for women.
When we got to the hotel we remembered staying here before. Several people came up to look at the car. One guy was especially knowledgeable about the Dempster Highway. Watch out to the miles after Eagle Plains because the road bed is covered in shale that chews up tires. We will remember his advice and hopefully 3 spares will get us there and back.
We checked into the hotel. The room is cold and the device that should be a heater only blows cold air. Connie tried to call the front desk only to discover that the phone isn’t connected to anything. Rob checked with the front office. The manager came up but he couldn’t figure it out the issue either. He brought us a small electric heater.
We made toasted cheese sandwiches with our new microwave toaster. Works really well. The single cup brownies were a good desert.
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