Hi!
This morning we were all quite excited to get on the road early and pass over into Canada and more specifically the Yukon. The border crossing was even easier than last time.
(Border Patrol) Hello, where is your final destination, Mr. Chesney? (Me) Utah for me and my folks (right behind me) is headed back to Michigan. (BP) What city in Utah? (Me) Heber, near Park City. (BP) Are you carrying any firearms or weapons of any kind either on your person or in the motorhome behind you? (Me) La Jefa? (BP) La what? (me) Oh, sorry, that’s our pet name for the motorhome, it means female boss in Spanish. To answer your question, the only weapons I have are OB and Mert and they’re only a danger to themselves! (BP) Gotchya, La Jefa, she’s the boss eh? (Me) yup, and every time we question that she proves it by spitting expensive parts all over the road! (BP) Ok, here’s your passport, have a good day!
(BP) Hello, where are you headed today? (OB) Back to Utah to get rid of our son for good, then back to the comfort of our own home. (Mert) Oh Don, don’t tell her that, he’s just kidding! (BP) So, again, where exactly are you headed? (OB) Don’t listen to her, like I said, Utah, my son lives there and we have been following him on his motorcycle for a month now. (BP) Do you have any guns or alcohol in your possession? (OB) Yes, our son is ahead of us, like I said!! (BP) No, I said, do you have any firearms or alcohol onboard? (OB) Oh, no, sorry, we don’t have any of that stuff, they wouldn’t let us bring firewood into your country. We had to give it all up when we came in a couple of weeks ago. (BP) Ok Mr.Chesney you can follow your son, have a nice day!
Our goal for the day was to get a couple hundred miles into Canada before finding our next camp spot. When we came through the Yukon Territory a couple of weeks ago, we saw lots of animals and we were hoping to see more of the same.
It wasn’t long after we crossed the border that we came upon several cars stopped up ahead. They were looking at two very majestic Grizzly Bear just off the edge of the road. They were eating the fresh white flowering plants along the highway. The bear didn’t seem to mind people photographing them at all. They were within ten feet of the vehicle and never even looked up at us. They looked to be medium in size for a Grizzly but still large enough to rip you to shreds if they wanted to. It was a total downpour so I didn’t get any pics with my camera but OB got some nice video from inside La Jefe.
We drove about 300 miles today, all in the rain so I was ready to stop for the day (froze to the core). Tomorrow we hope to put another 350-400 mile day in so we can get close to Watson Lake and start our new route down the west loop (highway 37 to 97) into the states. We will be dropping into Washington State versus Montana so I can pick up my new scoot that just arrived!
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Motorbike Mike 
Too bad you don’t have time to swing North to Dawson (Not Dawson City) . It’s looks like it stepped out of the 1800. In fact there’s some old building still standing from that era. Also there is a old dredge they used to mine gold with and an old paddle wheeler river boat museum. The town still has dirt streets and wooden sidewalks. The building have false fronts. If you have a chance Google Dawsen. Be safe.
We were going to go but we spoke to a rider that came from that direction and he said they had the road closed for 2-days, some kind of construction?
I am sure you will all be glad to get home. I wonder at the remarks OB made to the BP…guess it was OK as they let him cross.
LOL…love the border exchange! So how is that going to work,pitch killer on the bike rack on the back of Le Jefe and leave the bike on the curb while you ride the new Steve McQueen Bonneville home?
……hope you post photos maybe extend your ride east through Colorado….stay with us and we can recap the trip over a camp fire while feasting on alaskan king crab legs, steaks and an arangement of beers from each state encountered including a few canadian consumables….ohhh well maybe it will have to be at the house…fire in colorado right now is a nasty word….but the visual sure is tempting…ride safe brother and wish your parents well!
Would love to meet up for some beer tasting and camp fire bench racing, maybe somewhere in between?
all good things must come to a end right???much needed rest and relaxation is always a must after vacation, don,t make sense, but oh so true.. the posts were wonderful along with the pics…thank you so much for sharing..