Whitehorse to Dawson City

June 14th
We left Whitehorse by at 8:30, heading to Dawson City along the Klondike Loop, which roughly parallels the Yukon River. The roads are bordered by beautiful wild flowers and many lookout points that were worthwhile to stop at. We stopped for lunch at Five Finger Rapids above Carmacks. We made it to Dawson in 1 day-525 km.That is a lot of driving on these roads, they are a lot narrower than what we are used to in the Yukon so far, as well they have potholes and frost heave issues. This is the day for wild flowers, they are spectacular. We saw no  big game wildlife on our journey, which surprised me. When we arrived at Dawson we set up camp at a Yukon Territory Campground-Klondike River. These sites are very economical at $12/night.  We then went for a hike to the Yukon River. I was very lush and dense; Lord of the Rings could be filmed here. Tomorrow will be a tourist day- museums, shopping etc. Being 500 km north of Whitehorse, and a little over 200 km from the Arctic Circle, we are getting almost 23 hours of daylight now and 2 hours of twilight-no night, we are definitely in the land of the midnight sun.