Atlin, Tagish & Carcross to Whitehorse

Well today I began early for would be a 250 drive round trip from camp to complete the loop.  I must say it was well worth the effort.  I decided to take Dulce with me today because it will be a long day and she would be alone in the trailer all day.  Needless to say she slept through the whole day.  So I had to backtrack a bit to Jake’s Crossing to connect to the highway to Atlin.  I have posted three videos to Facebook that I took along the way and I have not yet downloaded the still pictures I took.  The scenery was indeed beautiful which reminded of a trip to Skagway in 2003 that was equally beautiful.  In fact, across the range of mountains from Atlin is Skagway, AK.  The trip to Atlin from Jake’s Corner is a little of 60 miles but the scenery required may stops along the way.  In addition, today was a great day for wildlife.  I lucked upon a Lynx sitting alongside the road and was able to get many pictures.   I also had two Mountain Goats on the ledge at White Mountain along the way.   I will post them tomorrow after I have time to work on them.  I am writing this from Starbucks in Whitehorse where I can post it before I leave for camp.  I also had my second cow moose of the trip, several Arctic Squirrels, a groups of Surf Scoters, and an American Dipper.  When in Atlin I ran across Mike and Terri, the people I had met at Liard Hot Springs, and they invited me to tag along with them and some other friends that were going to pan for gold.  I followed them out to the stream and watched for a short time before I headed back to the road and completing the loop.  I’m sure the pictures I have taken will turn out to be very beautiful.  Now it’s back to camp and plan something for tomorrow.  I will stay in the Whitehorse area for the next two days before heading on to Alaska and my arrival at the Denali Highway on the 14^th or so to find the Arctic Warblers who are have returned by then.