Haines Junction, YT

Leslie, Weds., June 9, 2010
Kluane RV Park

We left Carcross and drove 45 miles back to Whitehorse.  This is the third time on this trip that we have visited Whitehorse.  I have to say, I really like Whitehorse.  It is a nice size town with many amenities.  This time we were stopping only to visit the Canada SuperStore (a Super Walmart-type knock-off), get diesel, and find lunch.  Connie and I really like the Canada SuperStore for groceries.  In fact, I have commented several times that I would be very happy to shop at Canada Superstore as my usual grocery store.  That’s a relevant comment because when traveling in the wilderness sometimes the grocery stores have extremely limited in election and quality. RVers  frequently discuss grocery stores and laundry facilities.

Because we enjoyed our lunch so much last week, we returned to the same place and largely duplicated the menu.  Next stop, off toward Haines Junction.

Haines Junction is the intersection of the Alaska Highway and the Haines Highway.  In 2008 we had come north from Haines to Haines Junction.  This time we traveled from the east along the Alaska Highway.  The only wildlife we saw along the road were several horses.  They wore collars but were not fenced.  In fact, one horse decided to walk across the road between our rig and Connie and Stan.  Gee, we wish it would have been a bear or moose.

In the past we have stayed at Cottonwood Campground (address Destruction Bay but actually located 20+ miles south of Destruction Bay).  This time based on mileage calculations, we decided to stay in Haines Junction.  (I also wanted to get a picture of the monument to the animals of the north located at the center of Haines Junction.)

Note to RVers following us:  stay at Cottonwood Campground, Klunae RV Park is a gravel parking lot; Cottonwood is very pretty.


Connie and I walked from Klunae RV Park back to Haines Junction to take pictures of the monument to animals of the north.




This monument is located at the highway intersection and there is no place to pull off for pictures.  We walked around the monument and took pictures from each side.



Sheep and goats:



The moose looks south:



Look at the man on the top:



Along our walk we also saw more of the purple flowers that we’ve been trying to photograph for several days.  I don’t know what they are, but we see them frequently along the roadside and think they are pretty.