Day 11 Dawson City Yukon to Haines Juction Yukon

Sunday morning we left The Yukon River Campground after having crossed over by ferry Saturday evening from Dawson City. It rained most of night but stopped while we packed up and had a quick breakfast of our instant porridge. Started out on the Top of the World Highway towards Alaska.


About 20 minutes into our trip we were flagged down by two young Swiss girls who along with their boyfriends had a RV that wouldn't start. We were able to give them a boost and I received a warm coffee as a reward. Continued on taking many photos - you would think that you were flying in a small plan above the clouds. When it did clear - you could see for miles both to the left and right of the highway.



Crossed into US at furthest north land boarder crossing in the US. There is one other near Eagle AK on the Yukon River. This is a one man operation and checks only the odd canoe paddling down the Yukon river. Continued on the Chicken AK were we had a brunch.


Chicken has a pop of 10. You see a General Store with gas bar, a drinking bar and a restaurant that's pretty much it, but there is an airfield. Gas there was $3.49 per gal but we didn't need any. Lots of moose hunters in the area. Continued south back to the Alaskan Highway and gassed up in Northway AK at $3.51 per gal - more than in the middle of now where - that being Chicken.




Planned to stay in Congdon Creek Gov't campground but it was closed due to presence of bears. We tried for other cabins and B&B's along the way but most were closed for the season. Saw a coyote, then a lynx crossing the highway, and then finally one large grizzly bear right beside the highway - that kind of took camping in a tent out of the picture. We ended up travelling on the Haines Juction and staying at a motel - there goes the budget. Long day didn't check in to about 8:30 pm and then found a restaurant that closed at 9:00 pm for the season - got there with 10 minutes to spare.