It had been raining this morning which made the dirt on our truck and trailer look even worse. See the mud caked on the jack of the trailer.
We can’t get the Wi-Fi at our trailer site, so we went to the clubhouse for a while so we could pick up the e-mail. They have quite a collection of figurines and toys. Here is a sample. One wall had some John Deere toys. There are some reflections on the glass case that they were in.
They also have collections of Christmas items on one wall
and other figurines on another wall.
Later on, we took a drive into town for some groceries that we needed to make dinner. While we were there, we went to the visitors centre. Did I mention before that, in Canada, almost everything is bilingual English /French? The visitors centre is no exception. Here is the entrance with the sculpture of a mountain sheep.
We had intended to watch the movie, but it happened to be that there was going to be a canoe and kayak race along the Yukon river between Whitehorse and Dawson City, YT. It is called the Yukon River Quest and it is one of the most spectacular paddling races in the world. The length of the race is 470 mi. or 740 km., making it the longest as well. At marathon rate it can be done in 48 hours, but many people just try to finish and it may take them several days to get to Dawson City. It is a very grueling race. Anyway, the race was to begin tomorrow and the visitor center was the check-in location. All of those participants were using the visitors center as a headquarters. They had taken over the theater where we would have watched the film, so the staff of the visitors center tried to use a televised version in the lobby, for those of us who wished to see the movie. It was so noisy that we gave up and decided to come back tomorrow. Likewise, there was a geocache on the grounds of the visitors center. We found it and could see it, but there were too many muggles (non–geocachers who might see us doing something and would sabotage the cache) around. We decided to come back later when there weren’t as many people around. Instead, we went driving around to see some of the attractions of Whitehorse.
There are some historical buildings that are very interesting. One is the original first high-rise building, built in the 1940s during construction of the Alaska Highway. There are four stories and it appears that some reconstruction being done.
The original Anglican Church is now a museum describing the introduction of Christianity to the Yukon.
After dinner, we went back downtown to see the Frantic Follies, a “Gay 90s” variety show.
It was very funny and fun with Can-Can girls,
humorous skits, first is a drunken clown, second is a couple of guys with cabin fever,
musical performances, the man is playing the musical saw, the lady is singing in the spotlight,
and there was even audience participation.
After the show, we went back to the visitors centre. There was no one there, so we got the geocache and signed the log.
Tomorrow, we will try to see some of the other attractions in Whitehorse.
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