Friday September 24th (Blizzard)

Whitehorse to Watson Lake

285 miles

We woke up this morning open Casies door to  the world, and what we say was quite the surprise it was snowing, with a couple of inches already on the ground. The 1^st words spoken were dam, followed by what’s the problem; the reply was its snowing.

We had unhooked Cassie from the truck last evening as we thought we would spend the day exploring Whitehorse. Our thought was not such a good idea under the circumstances, as we were concerned about get stuck in Whitehorse longer than we would like. So we headed off to Watson Lake. We were driving in blizzard conditions over some pretty hilly terrain. Visibility at the most was ½ a mile for at least ½ the way, we found out later from folks following us that the conditions got much worse. We had discussed going  down the Cassiar Hiway which is closer to the coast. We changed our mind due to the less than pleasant driving conditions. We drove by the Cassiar junction staying on the Alaska Hiway.

We camp at Down Town Camp Ground in Watson Lake. The owner there Archie share lots of good information with us. After supper we walked around Wye Lake, across the road from the camp ground. The walk is about on a trial which boardwalk and interpretive signs around it. We were looking online and discovered Anchorage and the Valley had some winds, so we made a few calls to find out how things were and to find out if our property had any damage, but everything was fine at home.