Lee and Karen Duquette,
The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
drove from Watson's Lake, through Teslin, and on to Whitehorse.
The roads they encountered are a must-see!
June 1, 2009
The roads they encountered are a must-see!
June 1, 2009
Lee and Karen Duquette, The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers |
drove from Watson's Lake, through Teslin, and on to Whitehorse. The roads they encountered are a must-see! June 1, 2009 |
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| Teslin is located on the Alaska Highway at Historic Milepost 804. The village is accessible via a short side road west from the highway, just north of the Nisutlin Bay Bridge. Teslin is 111 miles southwest of Whitehorse and has a population of about 450. |
Driving from Watson's Lake through Teslin on the Alaska Highway was quite an adventure. There were a lot of unpaved, gravel dirt roads. It was impossible to keep the car or motorhome clean. Every vehicle on the road or in campgrounds were covered in dust. The windshield of the two RV Gypsies' car had all little chips in it. Advice to people: Before driving the Alaska Highway, cover your entire car or at least the windshield. There were a lot of windshield repair businesses along the road - that should tell everyone something. |
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| ABOVE and BELOW: One of many gravel/dirt roads and a typical truck that does not slow down, thereby throwing dust and dirt all over the car and motorhome of the Two RV Gypsies and every vehicle it passes. And the trucks threw rocks at the two RV Gypsies windshield and cracked it. | |
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Below: Check out these signs
- no kidding!!!! As if drivers would not be aware of loose gravel hitting
their vehicles, nor aware of the extreme dust. These could not possibly
be missed. |
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Below; Two other gravel
roads - no divider lines of course. |
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BELOW:
One of several narrow bridges- driving a big rig through here was NOT
fun and of course provided the two RV Gypsies with a very dirty car -
thank goodness for the "California Car Duster" - it cleans a
car almost as good as a car wash - but the next travel day, the dirt came
again to cover the two RV Gypsies, motorhome and toad. And the dirt and
dust got much worse. |
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| Below: The Continental Divide divides two of the largest drainage systems in North America - The Yukon River and Mackenzie River watersheds. Water draining west from this point forms the Swift River. This river drains into the Yukon River and continues a northwest journey of 2,300 miles to the Bering Sea (Pacific Ocean). Water that drains to the east forms the Rancheria River which flows into the Liard River than into the Mackenzie River. These waters flow northward and empty into the Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean) after a journey of 2,650 miles. | |
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| The black circle on the map below shows where the two RV Gypsies stood on the Continental Divide, and the black line shows the path of the Continental Divide. | |
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Below: BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
ALONG THE ALASKA HIGHWAY |
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Below: THE LUNCH SITE
OF THE DAY FOR THE TWO RV GYPSIES |
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Below: One of many curvy,
hilly roads on the Alaska Highway - but with beautiful scenery. |
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Below: Johnson's Crossing Campground is a Good Sam Park and is located across the Teslin River Bridge, and claims to be home of the world famous cinnamon buns and has a small store with baked goods, souvenirs, and groceries. Lee bought one of their cinnamon buns and he was not impressed as he did not think it was fresh baked that day. RV campground facilities included laundry and wash-house facilities, Shell gasoline products, cold beer and ice, and great fishing with access to Teslin River; boat launch, no camping on riverbank. Canoeists report that the Teslin River is wide and slow, but with gravel, rocks and weeds. |
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Below: A very dirty motorhome
at Johnson's Crossing Campground. |
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| Below: A view of the Teslin bridge and a raised outhouse beside the campground. No, the two RV Gypsies did not attempt to enter the raised outhouse. | |
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| Below: A FOX wandering through the campground. It stopped right in front of the two RV Gypsies to stare at someone walking a dog. The fox did not care about the two RV Gypsies standing there taking photos, but eventually was spooked by movement of the dog. | |
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