Sharp's Travels

Whitehorse is a city with the population of 24,000 people and capitol of the Yukon.

Our day began at 10am with a stop at the Yukon River, Whitehorse Rapids and Dam with the Whitehorse fish ladder. The rapids were very pretty. The fish ladder is the longest wooden fish ladder in the world. It helps the Salmon make their way up to their spawning site. They have glass viewing windows that allow you to see the fish make their way up stream.

Miles Canyon was another stop. The water was the prettiest green color. The canyon walls looked like ancient roman pillars, a beautiful site. There was a suspension bridge that stretched across the canyon. We all ventured across. It swayed as we walked an awesome view from up there.

We came back to the 5th wheel for lunch and at 1 pm we carpooled over to the S.S. Klondike for a tour. This sternwheeler represents an age when the city of Whitehorse served a major function as the transportation hub of the entire region here. It was something to see how the 1st and 2nd class passengers traveled. We toured the sternwheeler from top to bottom. Gay got lots of great pictures of all of it.

We also visited the Beringia Center. It details our ice age past and offers exhibits on the Woolly Mammoth, Giant Steppe Bison, Giant Beavers (400 lbs.) and much more. The pictures may give you an overlook of what we saw. We’re taking in lots of history here.

We then headed downtown to the Klondike Rib & Salmon BBQ for supper. We had BBQ Ribs. They were delicious. We were told dessert was a must to. I had apple cake with a special sauce, topped with ice cream. Gay had the all berry pie topped with ice cream.

Our evening show didn’t start for another hour so after we finished supper we walked around town. We found a few stores open to check out.

We met Spike and the gang in time for the Frantic Follies Vaudeville Revue. It was a variety show with skits, singing and can-can girls. We got out of the show at 10 pm. It was still daylight and the sun was shinning. It’s hard to get use to that!

Gay has uploaded pictures of the day. See album: Whitehorse 7-7-08