The overnight oats/chia we made for breakfast were delicious, as always. We enjoyed them as we looked out the huge windows of the Airstream at the unfortunate weather. More wind, more rain, and lots of clouds. It made for a gloomy drive to our destination of Destruction Bay.
The drive up the mountain out of Skagway was just as I hoped it wouldn’t be: wet and windy with a bonus of heavy fog. At least there wasn’t snow.
We stopped at the Captain William H. Moore Bridge (CWHM Bridge), the bridge that connected Skagway to the Yukon until this unique asymmetric single-pylon cable-stayed bridge was recently replaced. The single-pylon design allowed the opposite side of the bridge to “float” on top of the road at it’s contact point, important since the bridge was built on a fault line. There is a great picture of the bridge in this CBC article. Arriving in 1887, Captain William H. Moore is known as the founder of Skagway. His Homestead is now the Moore Homestead Museum, and his first cabin the oldest structure in town. The clouds lifted slightly while we were at this stop and we were able to take in some of the breathtaking views before crossing the border back into Yukon. We stopped in Whitehorse for some groceries and gas.
While at the grocery store in Whitehorse, we were hoping to buy some local beer. The closest thing we could find to beer were beer making kits. Well, that wasn’t going to work. Mike asked some landscaping guys where to get beer around here, and they said it can only be bought at liquor stores – AND there are only two in Whitehorse. Ok, that narrows down our next stop.
As I said, Destruction Bay was the destination for today. It’s called Destruction Bay after a terrible storm swept through and destroyed a bunch of buildings there. Now it’s a stop out in the middle of nowhere for truckers and travelers to fill their belly’s and gas tanks, and empty their bladders. At the gas station not only can travelers fill up their tank and get some snacks and coffee, but there are also $100 Destruction Bay sweatshirts or $80 canisters of bear spray. Thankfully we’re already set in both those areas.
After quite a long, soggy drive, we found a nice pull out at DC1024 (1642.1km) on the South shore of Kluane Lake. We were in good company as another RV from Idaho was also at this location – what a small world. We’re boondocking here for the night, fingers crossed the weather will improve. Apparently this is a beautiful lake, but the weather is so dreary we can barely see there is actually a lake here, let alone the largest lake in Yukon.