New Game: Dodge the Potholes

Our friends Cindy and Dave Atchison warned us that the road from Tok to Whitehorse was bad. Um...yeah that was an understatement.

The road was actually swiss cheese. The road was full of potholes and crumbling so most the way, we weren't sure we were even driving on a road. Consequently, the 2 1/2 drive from Tok to Beaver Creek took us 4 hours.

Now, as noob RVer's, we may have been a bit overly cautious and drove at a speed that prevented our blood pressure from causing a stroke. However, as an old lesbian gamer, I knew that my reaction time was greatly reduced from my aging and as we played the game: dodge the potholes, I wanted to make sure we dodged as many as possible. Slow and steady was our motto for the day.

The road from Tok to Beaver Creek had little to no cell service so we were being extra careful not to catch one of tires in a giant pothole and cause a blow out. With little to no ability to call for help, our goal was to make sure we stayed on the road and in one piece.

Canadian Border, picture by Isabelle Boutin

Once we crossed into Canada, the road improved. It was still a bit winding and rolling but we made good time to our next stop, which was Discovery Yukon Lodgings and RV Park.

This is where we enjoyed our first taste of the beauty of the Yukon as well as the kindness of Canadians. Discovery Yukon did not have any WiFi or cell service. As such, they could not take credit card for payment and coming from Alaska, we had no Canadian cash yet. Despite not having any cash, they still let us stay.

They took our credit card information so they could charge our card once they had their WiFi working again.

Once we parked and took care of setting up for the night, we had a chance to look around. Despite being exhausted and stressed from playing dodge the potholes we quickly found the stress and exhaustion melting away in our majestic surroundings.

Mountains at Discovery Yukon, picture by Isabelle Boutin

There was a large airstrip with plenty of room for Twinkie to run free and the sites were large and spread out so she had plenty of room to wander around near the RV a bit too. The hosts were pleasant and offered some of the best Canadian hospitality we've experienced yet. This is definitely a place we want to come back to but instead of just spending a night, we want to experience the peace and quiet for at least a week.

It was the perfect end to a stressful day of potholes and crumbling roads.