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The two RV Gypsies finally got their RV towed over 600 miles from Whitehorse, Yukon to Fairbanks, Alaska. Capital Towing said they would meet the two RV Gypsies to pick up their RV between 6:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. so the two RV Gypsies were dressed and ready to go, but the tow truck did not arrive until around 8:30 a.m. The two RV Gypsies watched their RV get loaded onto the tow truck, but then the tow truck had a hydraulic problem that had to be taken care of, plus the driver said that he had to go home first to get his passport and his wife before he could hit the road. So the two RV Gypsies left in their car which gave them plenty of time to stop along the way on this very long drive.
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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.
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On the Alaska Highway, the two RV Gypsies stopped in Haines Junction to take a look at the Village Monument, built in 1987 and affectionately called “the Muffin.” The sculpture has a round red base (like a cupcake paper), a mound on top, and various protruding animals representing local wildlife—a bear, a moose, a Dahl sheep, a wolf, and others. The two RV Gypsies also photographed this in 2009. |
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Below: passing by Klune Lake - the largest lake in the Yukon and often considered one of the most beautiful lakes in the world.
Kluane is pronounced (Kloo-WA-nee)
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Lee Duquette watched as Karen got closer to Kluane Lake to take a couple of photographs. |
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Some of these photos were taken through a window of the moving RV. |
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The next picture stop for the two RV Gypsies was Burwash Landing which is known for its black spruce
burl bowls. Burls start as an irritation in the spruce. The tree sends extra
sap as healant, which creates a growth or burl. Burls are either "green"
- harvested from live trees in the spring, or they are "dry burls"
taken from dead burl trees. Burls are peeled of their bark and used in their
natural form as fence posts or shaped and finished into a variety of objects
such as bowls. |
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Karen loves the fragrance of lilacs and photographs them whenever she can. |
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Leaving Burwash Landing and before reaching Pickhandle Lake and Beaver Creek, the two RV Gypsies stopped to photograph a mama bear and her two cubs that were in the woods by the side of the road. Karen did not get all three in one photo, however. |
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