8/12 Cottonwood RV Park, Kluane Lake


Kluane Lake, Yukon

Today we drove 20 miles southeast to Cottonwood RV Park. Decided to stay here at a spot next to the lake for $40 with electricity, water and showers. The wi-fi exists but is so slow as to be not working.  I tried to upload one photo and after 20 minutes it loaded. Yay! They also have a dump which costs an additional $10.  We have a beautiful view of the lake, Darrel is sitting out by the picnic table taking pictures. The thought crossed our minds to go fishing then the word CANADA crossed our minds, too.  It’s very expensive for a fishing license here so we’ll probably wait until we get back into Lower Alaska as we already have a license to fish there. You can get a permit for one day for $20-30 but that makes for an expensive fish unless they are biting like crazy. Nobody is fishing here, so...
This is another place that's seasonal, it will close on Aug 31. The host said they get 6 feet of ice on the lake, enough to drive on.
Our camp neighbors are from Scottsdale, Arizona and I shared some of the lox I made with them. Of course we included crackers and cream cheese.  Afterwards, when we were eating ours I realized that after four days in the fridge it was starting to taste more fishy. I was sorry I gave them some when it didn’t taste as great as when we first made it.  It tasted much better for the last 3 days. We’ve had it for a snack everyday. Yum!  Anyway they thought it was wonderful, so no worries.  

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