The sun is shining this morning and Lene has a great breakfast for us with
fresh fruit, egg dish and scones, and of course, coffee and tea. We
chatted with Lene for for quite a while and showed her a few things on the
computer. We had to go out and talk with her white German Shepard,
Misty. We had to hit the road, but first, we got supplies at "The
Real Canadian Superstore". This looks a lot like a Wal-Mart,
but Whitehorse has a Wal-Mart on the other side of town. The Real Canadian
Superstore was the first real grocery store we'd seen in weeks! It was
tough not to buy everything! We stocked up on several canned goods to get
us thru the next few small towns, but we also got some fresh fruit and a nice
fresh trout fillet for dinner tonight. We stuffed all the food into the
truck and headed out of Whitehorse.
We drove thru more beautiful Canadian scenery and stopped for dinner at a
campground. Canada has government run campgrounds that typically have a
covered picnic shelter. We've used the picnic shelter a few times for
dinner out of the rain. It wasn't raining when we stopped for dinner
tonight, but it was by the time we left. Yes, more rain (heavy
sigh).
We drove for a few more hours and went to find a campsite. We drove up
the access road to a microwave tower and found a great campsite where someone
had left some bones. We pulled in and saw the backbone of a large animal, probably
a moose. We didn't want to camp with bear bait, so we kept going, We
found a pull off with a sign; "Notice: You are welcome to camp here.
Be sure to remove all garbage and hunting scraps... Garbage can attract grizzly
bears and make it more dangerous for others utilizing the area." We
had permission to camp here. And it's raining again.