Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
(and Professional Travelers)
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Kluane Lake - & Haines Junction monument |
BELOW: a wild coyote alongside
the road |
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BELOW: Kluane Lake - photos taken from a moving RV through the window - so forgive the window reflections. The pull-outs are not big enough for us to pull over and stop, but the lake is so beautiful, these photos still deserve to be seen. | |
Lake Kluane
is the largest lake in the Yukon Territory |
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BEAUTIFUL SCENERY - Kluane Icefield Ranges - approaching Haines Junction |
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The 24 foot high Haines Junction monument depicts wildlife |
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Haines Junction was established in 1942 during construction of the Alaska Highway. The first buildings here were Army barracks for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Engineers were to build a new branch road connecting the Alaska Highway with the port of Haines on Lynn Canal. It was completed in 1943. | |
Burwash Landing - Yukon |
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Burwash Landing is known for its black spruce burl bowls. Burls start as an irritation in the spruce. The tree sends extra sap as healant, whcih creates a growth or burl. Burls are either "green" - harvested from live trees in the spring, or they are "dry burls" taken fron dead burl trees. Burls are peeled of their bark and used in their natural form as fenceposts or shaped and finished into a variety of objects such as bowls. | |
The two RV Gypsies stayed overnight in Beaver Creek before traveling on to Tok - the gateway to Alaska. The only city you have to go through both on the way into Alaska and on the way out (unless you take the ferry). Be sure to check out the Tok photos. |