Whitehorse

If you are going into or out of Alaska by car, truck or RV you are going through Whitehorse.  From Whitehorse we were planning several longer days of driving through the Yukon, BC and Alberta.  So we decided to spent about 5 days resting and catching up on things.  Very glad we did.  Most folks that came through the campground were there for one night then on their way.  Too bad for them. Whitehorse has some very interesting things to see and do.
The Klondike was a paddle wheel steamer that transported people and goods on the Yukon River.  We got to walk through the Klondike II.

The Yukon Quest is a 1000 mile sled dog race.  It runs from Whitehorse to Fairbanks one year then Fairbanks to Whitehorse the next and is held in February each year.  Whitehorse is either the start or the finish depending on the year.  I have been following the Quest for many years.  The better known 1000 mile race is the Iditarod that runs in March from Anchorage to Nome.  The races are very different with the Quest being more difficult, in my opinion.  We have been to the Quest headquarters in Fairbanks so it only seemed right to stop in at Whitehorse as well.

The best attraction in Whitehorse is the Beringia information center.  It is the first detailed illustration of the Bering sea land bridge we have seen.  This land bridge, as it is called, ran the entire west coast of Alaska and connected to Russia.  A very big"bridge".  More the size of a continent.  It is believed that over many thousands of years with various warmer then colder periods that this is where people and animals came to the Americas.  It was very educational.

Finally, in Whitehorse we saw the worlds largest weather vain.

Yup, they put an actual airplane on a post and it rotates with the wind.  Very cool.