July 20

49 years ago today Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Such a long time ago yet not. Oh well, back to our journey. We continued our drive to Tok and beyond to the Yukon border. No problems crossing the border other than maybe a 25 minute wait. The border crossing is interesting in the sense that US Customs is right at the border yet the Canadian Customs is 20 miles down the road in Beaver Creek. It’s the only US/Canadian border crossing that I have traveled through where there is about 20 miles of no mans land. Well it’s not really no mans land, it’s Canadian soil yet you travel 20 miles into Canada before being checked. Not that there is any place at all to go other than the highway. Today’s highlight was in Beaver Creek at the Creperie where we had wonderful cinnamon buns. We got a few supplies and gas in Haines Junction left the Alaskan Highway and started out towards Haines 175 miles or so down the road. We camped at Kluane National Park 16 miles down the road from Haines Junction. Tomorrow we’ll finish the drive to Haines staying there for a few days.