Sharp's Travels

We packed up and headed out of Tok about 9am. We met up with another couple from our caravan (Glen & Sheila) and traveled with them as far as Beaver Lake. There was lots of road construction and frost heaves so traveling was slow. Each side of the road was lined with skinny fur trees. Spike says they could be as old as 100yrs, but because of the permafrost, they don’t get very big around or very tall.

We pulled into a wayside about 12:30 for lunch. While we were there our caravan friends passed us up again.

We spotted 2 more moose—one with a calf across the lake along the highway. We saw a pair of trumpeter swans with 2 little ones on that same lake.

As we moved along we passed our caravan friends again. They were taking a break at a wayside. They pulled in behind us and we traveled together again. We each had CB’s so were able to talk with each other.

We were lucky to spot a couple of eagles, one down low in the trees along the road. All in all about 14 trumpeter swans, but couldn’t get close enough for pictures of them.

We checked out a burl display in Destruction Bay. These log shapes comes from spruce, cottonwood and poplar. The shop was closed but he had a pile of burl shapes that are handcrafted into bowls and more. They use these trees a lot up here for porch posts on log buildings. All the burls on the trees give it lots of character.

Our day is winding down, and we were looking for a place to pull in for the night. We dry docked at Kluane Lake in a turnout along the highway. It’s a beautiful spot. We had the lake at our front door and a beautiful sunset. There were 7 other campers that joined us for the night.

For pictures of the day see album: Tok to Kluane Lake 8-12-08