Jun 15, 2009 - Pelly Crossing

We turned off the Alaska Hwy and traveled on Hwy 2 called the Klondike Loop along Lake LaBerge (85 miles long) from Whitehorse towards Dawson City. We arrived at Pelly Crossing Campground which was all but deserted. ... Pelly Crossing was established as a ferry crossing & construction camp at the Pelly River. ...

Jul 8, 2008 - Stewart Crossing, YT

This is a stopping place for one night, before going into Dawson City. The map will show as Pelly Crossing, but Stewart Crossing is a little south of Pelly. ... (As close an identifiable town as I could find easily.This is a stopping place for one night, before going into Dawson City. The map will show as Pelly Crossing, but Stewart Crossing is a little south of Pelly. ... (As close an identifiable town as I could find easily....

Jul 6, 2008 - Day 38 – Second Heat Wave

It was 47 degree when we woke up and we saw 74 degree by dinnertime, but this time we will spare you the details of our summer clothing search and keep it to—they were packed way deep! Whitehorse was everything we had expected and for the second time our friends Sandy and Jerry Manchester were in the same town as we were at the same time. In Montana there were the “Black Feet”, and now in the Yukon we found the “Little Salmon” in Carmacks, then in Pelly Crossing they were “Selkirk”, and near Keno, we saw the “Nacho Nyak Dun” First Nation people. ... Talking of “Nacho’s”… we still have one pack of Gourmet Tamale that we will TRY to keep until we return in B.It was 47 degree when we woke up and we saw 74 degree by dinnertime, but this time we will spare you the details of our summer clothing search and keep it to—they were packed way deep! Whitehorse was everything we had expected and for the second time our friends Sandy and Jerry Manchester were in the same town as we were at the same time. In Montana there were the “Black Feet”, and now in the Yukon we found the “Little Salmon” in Carmacks, then in Pelly Crossing they were “Selkirk”, and near Keno, we saw the “Nacho Nyak Dun” First Nation people. ... Talking of “Nacho’s”… we still have one pack of Gourmet Tamale that we will TRY to keep until we return in B....