Another problem with this highway is that it has few towns. Those that exist are nothing more than a few buildings on the highway. We came pretty close to running out of gas today. Our practice was to fill up whenever the tank was half full. Having refueled about 112 miles from Whitehorse, we passed a gas station when the tank was more than half full. Unfortunately for us, the next station was almost in Dawson. The thought of being stuck on a lonely highway in the rain is not pleasant. You can't call for help because the cell phones are useless so you have to wait for a passing motorist to notify someone or hope for a passing RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police... most of their mounts these days have wheels). We learned a lesson... know where the gas stations are.

Because of the weather and the fact that the highway offered few places to pull over, we took almost no pictures. However, we were fortunate because as we crested a hill and looked ahead, we saw one of the most beautiful rainbow any of us had seen. We shot a video clip of it. The clip will give you an idea of what this country looks like as you move through it, with lots of trees close to the road. The exception was in burn areas. Last year this area and parts of Alaska had some of the worst forest fires in their history with thousands of acres burned, highways closed and towns evacuated. The scars of these burns and some going back 20 years are still visible along the route.

We did a quick tour of the town and will do a walk tomorrow. What we saw was a town that has changed little in one hundred years. Many of the old buildings are still standing, some barely so. What we saw was fascinating and we hope to capture images of the town tomorrow.