Pastor Mike's Corner: Day 25

Saturday – We left Chicken this morning at 6:00 so that we could be at the border crossing when they open at 8:00. It was only a 43 mile drive but it was an all gravel narrow road with steep grades up and down and switchbacks. Some places it would drop down a couple hundred feet right off the edge of the road without any guiderail. It was every bit of what we were told. Debra was not impressed. I also wanted to drive this while the border was closed so we wouldn’t have any oncoming traffic. We got to the border at 7:45 and where to sixth one inline waiting for them to open at 8:00. From there we finished our assent to the summit and drove across the “Top of the World Highway”. This road was 65 mile from the border to the ferry at Dawson City with most of it being above the timber line. The ferry took us across the Yukon River to Dawson City. The total trip of 108 mile with a border crossing losing an hour and the ferry ride took 6.5 hours. From there we set our sails for White Horse another 353 mile away. Got to the same campsite we had two weeks ago about 6:30. The last 20 mile we drove with some type of ignition problem that I haven’t tracked down yet. Our plans were to drive to Watson Lake tomorrow afternoon. Not sure if that will happen.