Day 9 - Crossed 60 Degree North
We crossed 60 Degree North today, saying goodbye to British Columbia and hello to Yukon.
But before we did that, we visited Boya Lake
I'm not sure if this counts as an alpine lake, but the water is so clear and blue.
So beautiful. But a bit too windy.
The sun was out, so the fish were hiding in the shadows under the floating pier.
People were enjoying their day out. I wish I had a kayak so I can spend a day or two here.
The sites were clean, and free firewood were provided but due to fire ban in the entire BC, no camp fire.
Spent a good hour at the lake, just relaxing and soaking in the views, then I had to go. I got a long day of driving before me.
Then, we reached the Yukon/ BC border. This also meant that I was officially crossing over 60 Degree North, and the end of first leg of the trip: Cassiar Highway.
(sorry for the pic quality... I had to resize the pics so the forum server will accept it)
We said bye to BC for now. Thank you BC for 5 days of beautiful views, friendly people, and unforgettable memories.
Soon after we hopped on the world famous Alcan.
Not sure if it was me or something, but the sunlight over 60D North hits different. Temperature dropped slightly too.
Lots of up hills that I had to fight through, so my mileage suffered slightly.
And there were more sections of gravel roads and constructions. But maybe because of the time I picked to go through, a lot of construction zones were not active.
Picked up more bugs and stuff on the grille... I have at least 6 dead dragon flies and countless bees on my front end.
After that quick stop to see the bridge before crossing it (and use the restroom... sorry, washroom), off we went.
Finally, right before dinner time, we arrived at camp in Whitehorse.
I had my second paid meal in Canada at Whitehorse: Ramen at a restaurant owned by Chinese.
I ordered in Chinese and maybe because I spoke the language the people hooked me up. The bowl was filled to the rim!
$25CAD well spent.
One thing I learned was tall trees do block Starlink beyond 60Degree N... My site had some tall trees behind, and that somehow made my Starlink performance suffer. Connection dropped every 7 minutes and then spend another 5 minutes trying to go back online.
These were nonissues before crossing 60Degree N. Hell, I had my Starlink setup in a forest when in lower 48 and it still worked great. That's why nothing was updated that day.