Hi Country RV Park, 6/28-29, Whitehorse, Yukon

Miles Basalt Canyon, Whitehorse, YT
Deb - Headed to Whitehorse early today and stopped at the rest stop before the blue Yukon River Bridge. We hiked up to the view point where we could see, Marsh Lake, Marsh Lake Dam and the Yukon River.
 We stopped at Miles Canyon and hiked across the bridge and along the lower trail looking down on the Yukon river, barreling down the basalt canyon. It was a tilted gravel narrow path and I slipped half way down and went down to my knee. (Geez, I hate falling!!!) I totally scraped my knee and had blood streaming down my leg. I limped the rest of the way along. Darrel went on to the other trail and I went back to the RV to cry in private. My whole side, knee, hands and elbow hurt. Darrel got it all on video as he was pointing the camera at himself narrating and I was behind him.

We next drove into the outskirts of Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon and got a site (#107) at Hi Country RV Park.  

Darrel - I had no idea that we would see the river flowing through the rock walls of the canyon and have a hard time believing that this site isn't exploited as a main attraction. Then again the back bay in Newport beach isn't really exploited as an amazing have to do so there you go. Maybe the inherent danger is such a possibility that no one wants to push it or maybe there just isn't that many people who look at that place and say OMG I have to do that. I did but then when I called around no one could get me down the river unless I made a 4 hour journey out of it so I gave up. 4 hours?! I cant even drive for 4 hours let alone be trapped in a kayak for that long. After exhausting all of the logical opportunities the stoke wore off.




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