Day 11 July 12, 2025 Whitehorse Yukon to Moose Creek Campground Yukon 240 miles
We woke up to a puddle of water on the floor. Yesterday we unplugged the refrigerator to plug in a small heater. Overnight the refrigerator defrosted creating the puddle. The dirty clothes bag caught the edge of the puddle so some of those clothes were wet. We will hang them in the trailer to dry.
We ate breakfast in the room using the microwave and food from our supply. Not bad at all.
We filled with gas and headed down the road. We both managed to miss the GPS instructions to turn right. Luckily Rob noticed the proceed to the route message. We had only gone 2-3 miles out of the way. Not bad compared to some of our previous missed turns.
The skies are mostly cloudy. The terrain is short mountains covered in trees. The road is reasonably good only small potholes. We soon came to Fox Lake which is bigger than some we have driven past. It is not very wide but quite long. No water craft of any kind.
We came to a sign indicating a herd of Braeburn elk lived in the region. We actually saw two bucks along the side of the road. They seem smaller and darker in color than the ones at home.
The Braeburn Lodge is famous for their cinnamon rolls so we stopped. Out front are several peaceful dogs. Well the cinnamon rolls are huge. They are about the size of a luncheon plate and maybe 2.5 inches tall. They cost $20 each. We bought two. One for now and one for tomorrow. We couldn’t even eat all of one at a single sitting.
A family traveling in two little jeep like vehicles stopped as well. Some had driven from Ontario Canada and the rest flew in to join them. I think they were originally from Australia. They are also headed to Tuk. We may see them again.
A bird that looked very much like a magpie nearly hit our car. Then a squirrel ran across in front of us and a whistle pig barely made it across the road in time.
Either the rain caught up with us or we caught up with the rain. Luckily it didn’t last too long. The wiper is still down so we are still relying on RainEx.
Our first construction stop of the day occurred. The wait said 15 minutes but we didn’t wait that long. About half the vehicles coming from the other direction took pictures of the woodie. This is a huge project! The road will be wider with deep barrow pits. They have pilot cars going both directions. The new roadway is wet from rain or the water truck or both. The pilot car was going slowly which was good. They may work 24 hours a day or just during daylight which is 19 hours.
Another area where a wildfire had burned. It left only black sticks. A wildfire is currently burning on or near one of the other roads. We have seen signs advising people to check before going that way. The Dempster Highway we plan to travel has also had fires.
We came to a junction. We went left while to the right was a current wildfire. Glad we are going the other way. The skies are very black and ominous. Very soon after the junction we encountered another major construction project. We drove a few miles before coming to the stop for the pilot car. It rained most of the time we waited. Once again the new roadway is wet, will be wider and perhaps in a different location. We were concerned we wouldn’t be able to get into the campground. The construction ended about half a mile before.
We are staying in Moose Creek Campground. It has 56 spots four of which are pull throughs. We arrived early enough that two of those were still available. The fee is $20 per night. Gee, the price of one cinnamon roll.
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