June 29 - Teslin, YT

We made another early start from Watson Lake for the 260 km drive to Teslin. The rain started shortly after we left and continued, sometime quite heavily, until we arrived at the Yukon Motel & RV Park on the shores of Nisutlin Bay. The scenery on the trip was a mixture of heavily treed foothills and plains. The carpets of Yukon Fireweed along the roadside were brilliant pink and magenta.

June 30 - Teslin, YT

This morning we visited the Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre. We started with complimentary coffee then walked over to listen to Margaret Douville, a Tlingit demonstrator. She told us how she made moccasins and other items from moose hide. Tanning moose hide is an involved process that she learned from her grandmother when she was 13. Margaret and her talk were absolutely fascinating.

We then toured the displays of Tlingit masks and clothing items. The pictures really don't do the displays justice. Everything was magnificent.

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On entering Teslin, we crossed the Nisutlin Bay bridge, the longest water span on the Alaska Highway at 584 metres or 1,917 feet.​

Tonight we visited the Wildlife Museum here at the RV Park. The exhibits were excellent.

By the way, it is difficult to sleep in this part of the country – blue sky at midnight and dawn chorus (of birds) at 2 a.m.! 

We spent some time looking in the gift shop, then watched a short film produced by the Teslin Tinglit people – extremely interesting. Then, the best part: The Bannok was ready. Can you say: "delicious," even without jam!

If you ever pass through Teslin, be sure to stop here.

In the afternoon we headed to the Library to use their computers. Jen left a short while later. I worked on the blog and walked a leisurely 20-minutes back to camp.

Tomorrow we leave for Whitehorse. See you there.