Day 9 - Stewart-Cassiar highway part 2

Greetings from Dawson City, YT!  I'm still catching up on trip reports, there are a little more time consuming that expected.  I am having an amazing time, although it is a little isolating being away from friends and family.

Day 9 on 8/6 took me from Kinaskan Lake to Rancheria, Yukon Territory. I logged 299 miles this leg of the trip.  This was probably some of the best scenery to date, but to be honest, it is just amazing up here in the Yukon as well.


The campsites at Kinaskan Lake Park are right on the shores of the south side of the lake.

 It was a beautiful day for a ride. Here are a few shots from Eddontenajon Lake:

Some photos from Upper Gnat Lake:

A little later in the day, I stopped at Simmons Lake:

Just a few miles east of Centreville, where I spotted three Caribou.

Two of the buggers headed off to the woods before I got my phone out to take a picture.

Here's a close up, you can just make him/her out in the middle of the road:

I was able to pull up a little closer and found another tourist taking photos of the deer.

Here's a close up if you are no good at playing "Where's Waldo?":

I also saw a bear in the middle of the road a little earlier that day.  Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a picture.  Originally I thought the bear was a blown out tire, so I slowed down.  I noticed that an oncoming car steered way off to my left as it passed the 'tire' and the tire then lumbered off into the woods.

The next shot was just south of the BC/Yukon border.  I took this before I got stuck in some rain.

The rain didn't last too long, around 30 minutes or so. Things cleared up once I got up into the Yukon:

I eventually arrived in Rancheria where I was able to have an omelette before I camped for the night.

That's all for now.