Sam And Saundra's Year Long Adventure - Part 126

Sam And Saundra’s Year Long Adventure – Part 126

Canada

6/17/09 -6/17/09 – Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada

We like it here!  There are some things about the park we do not like, but everything else makes up for it. We end up staying three nights.  The second and third day, we spend fishing. The fold-a-boat stayed on top of Brutus.  We went to the Burwash Landing Resort and RV Park in Burwash and had lunch.  Sam chatted with the other customers that happened to be local residents.  Even the waitress pumped information out of the cook for us.   Bottom line was – we had fishing leads to follow.  We bought lures and things and took off around the very small, very wet town. We actually found the corral and turned down behind some houses next to the lake. The rutted dirt-mud lane ended at a spit of rocks, in front of an abandoned log cabin, complete with a busted sod and timber roof.  We both fished, but Sam caught the 17 inch Lake Trout.  We got no further action here.  We went back to our camp and we got our waders out. Maiden voyage for mine.  The wind was blowing very well and the swells were hitting me at hip level, with an occasional waist-bashing.  I was having fun. I kept my balance, got my arm wet only once (had to have that rock), but no fish.  Sam caught a total of two more Lake Trout.  One 17 inch and one 21 inch.  My first time in waders and using spinners.  I like it!

Kluane Lake, Sam, Fish, Sod-Topped Shack

We go to Destruction  Bay, on the way to Burwash, to check it out.  It has a great look and a great gas station/general store.  Some of the other ‘draws’ are closed, like the knot sculpture shop/man. I did find out that the name was obtained when a storm hit some buildings in the area, demolishing them. We go on to Burwash and go through the nature museum. Just outside of it is the ‘biggest’ gold pan in the Yukon. The museum was very good.  It had the animals, some birds and a lot of information.  We both enjoyed this one.  It lived up to it’s advertising quite well.

Twins

Wanna Play?

At the entrance to the RV park we find the cubs at play along side the road.  I got pictures, again standing on the running board with the door open.  The RV Park owner came scooting up on his “bear patrol’ ATV and scared the poor things away.  Seriously, they really have a problem with these two always returning to the park, due to the many campers in tents.  Not good.  No one feeds the bears, and garbage is no longer allowed outside of your camper or car – if you are tenting.  Cyclists are required to try to look dis-tasteful – I don’t know!  We enjoyed this place, with Sam being able to fish right outside his door and chase bears when he was not fishing.  He was grinning most of the time.  The only real sad thing – the advertised hot tub was hot, but not in use.  BoooHisss. 

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