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November 7, 2009
Day Eleven
Thursday September 24, 2009
Brrrrrrr. The comfortable temperatures that greeted us to Tombstone the previous night had disappeared quickly. The temperature had dropped overnight to -5 Celsius and the tent was covered in a thin layer of ice when we woke up. The gloves were pulled out and we packed up camp after I made coffee. I wouldn't say that I'm a complete coffee addict but a nice warm mug in your hands certainly makes waking up to sub-zero temperatures (in a tent...) a little easier.
We left Tombstone Park and spent an hour driving before we said farewell to the Dempster Highway. A fuel stop at the crossroads and we were back on Highway 2 heading south to Whitehorse. Our previous night's camping in cold weather was a good slave driver - the whip was cracking as we sped southwards in the hope of finding warmer weather.
The scenery was beautiful, the colours of the landscapes still a spectrum of golden birch, emerald spruce and pine and glassy lakes. We considered several side trips, possibly to Keno or a hike to the Five Finger rapids but we'd seen enough in the past couple of days to satisfy our curiosity and we desperate for any sort of warmth that the south might offer so we pressed onwards.
As it turned out, that warmth was not to be found in Whitehorse, or at least not camping there, so we found a cheap hotel and checked in for the evening. Coincidentally, when we parked and got out at the hotel, Nat pointed out that the truck next to us was the very same one that we'd passed on the Dempster Highway just south of Eagle Plains. There was definitely evidence of the rollover but the 'OK' message in mud had disappeared from the driver's door.
End of day eleven.
Posted by Dr.Unk at November 7, 2009 10:51 AM
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