The Adventure continues....

We stopped at Rancheria Falls, a place we've stopped on past trips on the Al-Can, for a little hike. It's a short 10 minute walk to the Falls. Unfortunately, it was closed due to all the SNOW! I'm sure it would have been beautiful to see, with all the snow...but the trail was buried and we could have easily gotten lost. I suppose that is why the big CLOSED sign was up! Instead, while I was checking out the outhouse (a metal roofed outhouse, btw), I heard a loud CRASH on the roof! A snowball fight was occuring between Tom and Liz! The outhouse was one of the only safe places around. Liz ended up with snow in the pocket of her sweatshirt... Have we been cooped up in the truck too long?





We spent the night 3.5 miles from the U.S./Canada border, on the Alaska side. Most of the lodgings we past, few and far between, were closed this time of the year. We've been lucky to find anything. And food! Another problem! We stopped at Beaver Creek, the last stop in Canada--and the only food there was being saved for the road crew. We forged on and were lucky enough to find a gas station/hotel. The nice man there took pity on us and offered, since he was heating the oil to fry up his dinner, a choice of chicken strips or halibut, with French fries. Tom talked him into salads with the halibut. For breakfast the next morning, Tom had instant oatmeal, heated with the microwave in our room. Liz and I dined on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

At the Welcome to the Yukon and Welcome to Alaska signs, we stopped for our tradional photos. Where else can you sit with half your backside in one country, and the other half in another? I suppose the question arises, "Why would you want to?" but that is really beside the point here!