June 11th
On our journey we are meeting interesting people doing interesting things, the gentleman cyclist in my blog today is an Austrian named Hugo, who is a retired phys-ed and geography teacher who is cycling on his own from Whitehore to Florida! He practices what he teaches! ....back to blog...We had breakfast and headed to the Watson Lake Information Centre, where we enjoyed a short film about the Yukon and the Alaska Highway Project. We then headed off to Teslin. On our way we made several stops. Rancheria Falls Recreation area offered up a short hike and a great view of the falls, we then drove towards the Cassiar Mountains. We saw less wildlife on this trip, however we did see what has to be the biggest Black Bear we have encountered yet. We ended up at Teslin late in the afternoon and went to the George Johnston museum. George was a fascinating Tlingit man who was a photographer in the 1920-1940s. He recorded a great deal about life as it was for his community and he had a great sense of composition and character. We were hoping to get as far a Whitehorse today however we ran out of time to do all what we wished to do so we need to stay over this evening and complete the Heritage Centre in the morning and head off to Whitehorse in morning.