Day 77 – June 19

Jane and Ike hosted our now traditional (if two can be considered a tradition) breakfast of blueberry pancakes and sausages. Diane and I cleaned up dishes while Jane and Ike prepared the LRT for launch. They had allowed a couple of leisurely days travel on their way toFort St. John ( not Fort Simpson as I said yesterday, way too many forts up here, very confusing) hoping to get to Liard for the night.

I ran into a fisherman and his wife from New Brunswick at the rv park and he was a wealth of information about where to fish in easily accessible spots around Whitehorse and on our way to Alaska. Our trip may slow down a bit as we pass through those areas. Remember all plans are STC.

We headed into Whitehorse where we stopped by a unique store that specialized in recycled rustic pieces like knobs, latches, cast iron anything from dredge buckets to door hinges and some really neat new wood fired cedar hot tubs. Luckily everything was too big and heavy to fit in the BRT.

Very cool hot tub

We then went down to the Shipyards Park again and Diane made lunch which we ate in the beast while watching all the activity in the well used park. Having taken care of those chores we were off to Jackson Lake where I had been told by Ike’s friend that lots of grayling hung out. Although it was mostly a gravel road, it was well maintained and after some exploring for the right spot I headed down to the lake while Diane did her back exercises.

Lots of fish breaking at the mouth of the stream feeding the lake was a welcome sight and although on the small size (small Grayling don’t seem to understand that they shouldn’t fight like their big brothers and sisters) I still had a great afternoon of catching dozens of fish on a dry fly while standing in a crystal clear lake with bald eagles circling overhead and a gentle breeze keeping the mosquitoes at bay – a very good afternoon indeed.

We returned to the rv park and relaxed while watching game four of the playoffs before heading downtown for delicious bison burgers at the High Country bar.