Day Three

Another amazing day on the road! Spring is coming to the Yukon Territory but the vestiges of winter are hanging on. At times we were driving east through a valley and on our left the mountains were bare while on our right the north-facing mountainsides were still buried in snow. We started the day in Haines Junction on a segment of the Alcan that we last drove in 1991. Most of the old steel truss riveted bridges have been replaced by pier supported concrete structures. The Alaska-Canadian highway (Alcan) was hastily constructed in 1943 & 1944 and they have been improving it ever since. Toward the end of the day we turned on to the Cassiar highway...sort of an alternate, more rustic, somewhat shorter route. We are comfortably slipping into road trip mode; motel tonight in Dease Lake, British Columbia. The tent wil wait for warmer weather!