Monday, July 25, 2011 To Destruction Bay, Yukon

Again, it is raining out but it was kind of helpful to keep the dust down as the roads we were on were even worse than yesterday - washboards, dips of all sizes.  Once we went through a huge dip and our friends following us thought they lost us forever.  It was an uneventful day as far as sightseeing, etc; however, mechanically was another thing. 
Before we got too far, the third person traveling w/us called on the walkie talkies that he had a door open so we needed to stop.  It was the door on the back of the RV and how it got open, he had no idea.  While we stopped to check on him, we noticed that neither Bruce nor I put the Suspension on - Good Lord that could have caused a lot of problems had we hit a bad dip in the road.






Since we are going to Destruction Bay in the Yukon Territory we had to go through Custom's even though we are only going to be here for the day.  While stopped and waiting in line, our friend again, called up and said he had a flat tire.  Good Lord!!!  What next?  After we went through customs, we all pulled off and Bruce helped him change tires.  We stopped for lunch and again this same friend got himself pinned into a corner w/his RV and had to unhook the toad but when he went to back up his Hummer, his battery was dead.  Anyway, to make a long story short, we finally got on the road again.  We got in a little later than expected but at least we got there - Only... to find out that another friend had a hole in his radiator.  Needless to say, Bruce put on his overalls and got under his RV to help fix the problem.  Not a good day for Bruce but a good day because of Bruce.






These river beds are really kind of neat.  Because of the rain, they fill up but when there is no water, this area is all dry, cracked and very little water leaving a vast area naked - actually kind of sad.
















These flowers are everywhere alongside of the roads - makes driving a little more pleasant!
Once we finally got in and the guys got cleaned up, the owner of the campground made a very nice dinner for us and sang and played his guitar later.  He is a one man show, cooks, cleans, runs the campground and even entertains.   What a guy!!! 
Tomorrow morning we will be up early and heading back to Alaska.
Good Night and have a good day!!