North to Alaska: Day 37

Welcome! Day 37 (Sept 14) of North to Alaska

Quote: “Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” – Pat Conroy

Today we actually start our trip toward home. We will be heading south. If all goes according to plan we will be back in Euless around Oct. 15. Actually we only have plans for the next 10 or 11 days which will put us outside of Seattle WA. By then we should have an idea of where/when we are heading.

We left Dawson City around 10:30. Most of the city has shut down or are in process of shutting down. Most people have already left or are committed to stay for the winter.

So today we ended up in Carmack, YT. We drove 212 miles and it took about 4 ½ hours. The road was good, not great. We have overcast skies with light rain most of the day. For the first 100 miles two cars passed me and one was close behind me when we stopped at Steward Crossing. Seward Crossing is where the road crosses the Yukon River. We may have met 5 or six cars going the opposite direct. I would say light traffic today. Mostly today we watched the clouds. A huge cloud followed us all day. Cassie kept trying to determine if it was a cloud or mountains on the horizon. It was a cloud. We did have a black bear cross the road in front of us. I was able to get a few shots (camera) as it climbed up the hill by the road. Later we stopped and looked at the Yukon River, a place called Five Finger Rapids. It did not look too much like rapids and I am not sure where the Five Fingers fit.

Carmacks looks very good in the ads but we could not determine where the reportedly 400 year round residents lived. It did have two restaurants one at the hotel and one next door. The hotel also owned one of the gas stations and one of the grocery/hardware store. The hotel was nice, not good wi-fi but nice.

So ended day 37. Next day on to Whitehorse.