Day 9

We were sad to have to leave Dawson City first thing in the morning. We went to the General Store when it opened for supplies and then caught the ferry across the Yukon River. The 'Top of the World' highway was amazing. It travels along the tops of the mountains and was a big surprise to us. We tried to capture the concept for you in a short video.

 

When we got across the border we stopped at a town called Chicken. They say it got that name because the miners couldn't spell ptarmigan. We had a coffee there and carried on.

Our final destination of the day was Harding Lake, 30 miles shy of The North Pole. We got a nice campsite and had a peanut butter sandwich and a walk to the lakeshore. Nice campsite for $10 US.