We gassed up in Whitehorse and headed on north and west.
We saw caribou, Dahl sheep, slim’s river, Kluane Lake, the Thachäl Dhäl Visitor Centre and the St Elias mountain range...along with many other smaller lakes and rivers....
30 miles outside Beaver Creek, the original 2002 belt tensioner on the van gave out and we of course immediately stopped safely on the side of the road...of course...there was no cell phone service!!
Within 10 mins the next passers-by stopped to check on us. We decided to split forces...my peep went with the Alaskan snowbirds on in to Beavers Creek...and I stayed with the van.
Within 2 hours, my peep arrived with the wrecker driver...Carl—the only mechanic (for 47 years) in the 100 person town of Beaver Creek!!
Carl told us the little spindly evergreen trees we had seen along the highway were 200 year old black spruce!!...poor soil, harsh climate and little water ...as a result of the willows and poplars sucking it all up...have caused them to grow very slowly!!...amazing!!
Carl let us park the van in back of his shop...even hooking us up to an electric cord!!...while waiting for the parts to be driven up (by his daughter and son-in-law) from Whitehorse—maybe Monday??!!...if we can’t tolerate it...he’ll take us over to the RV park....
I cancelled all of our remaining RV park reservations...and we were able to reschedule our Kenai Fjords Tour.
We’ve plenty of food...and water...and electricity...and books to read...I just hate that my peep has to spend days of her hard-earned vacation sitting around a mechanic’s shop!!...such is life....
All is well...we’re communing with a bunch of noisy ravens...I’m confident they are delivering good messages....
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