Beautiful Scenery

Undeterred, we left Watson Lake this morning to trailer to Whitehorse in Yukon Territory, a distance of over 250 miles.

The bright sunlight and 40 degree temperatures, lend to the beautiful scenery of the snowcapped mountains, but continue to frustrate the effort of the MichCanSka snowmobilers.

In addition, trailer has started to become a problem; the sand and gravel spread on the highways, contains small stones that have a way of puncturing the tires. The trailer tires are often less heavy duty than the truck tires, and, therefore, are particularly susceptible to puntures . We had a tire repaired at Watson Lake that had been punctured en-route from Mucho Lake; and on our way to Whitehorse, we once again were forced to have a flat repaired. Lucky, for us, we discovered the flat at our lunch stop, and were able to find the local "Frank's Garage" and have tire fixed before it caused other serious damage.

The restaurant who had referred us to Frank had also warned us that Frank could be a "bit of a crank," but was nonetheless, capable of making the repairs. After repairing the tire, Frank, while walking to the trailer with, tire in hand, exclaimed to me - "you wanna get out of the way?" Knowing that he "really meant too say" was excuse me! - I quickly obliged. What a delightful fellow Frank is! Not surprisingly, he demanded payment in cash.