PETE: Today marked our first extended stop on this Trek. We’re going to rest and take in the Whitehorse, YT area for 3 days before going on to Skagway, Alaska. One of the highlights of today was visiting the S.S. Klondike. There were 250 of these paddle boats in their prime running up and down the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson City. As you’ll see from these photos, the Klondike was a wood burning paddle boat that provided some really comfortable first class accommodations. It cost a person a month’s wages to make the 36 hour boat trip.
We found out that Whitehorse has some great restaurants and nightlife entertainment. Have noticed that they serve you a very healthy portion at reasonable prices. The Klondike Salmon & Ribs BBQ was sure to be good since we saw a long line outside for the second night. Our wait was rewarded. Karen had the ribs and I had the 3 piece Halibut fish and chips. My word … the half rack that Karen received would have fed the both of us and each piece of my Halibut was about the size of Karen’s forearm.
Visited the Yukon Brewing Company but the tour is only provided on weekdays. Able to taste the six brews on tap and found their product to be exceptionally smooth and great tasting. Learned about a “growler” and of course I had to partake and bought a growler to take home. Turns out a “growler” is used to bring home fresh beer from a brewery and it got its name because originally they used a small bucket with a lid on it which would create pressure when you carried it home and would start making a growling noise. Never knew that before. I chose to fill my growler with Yukon Red. Yukon Red won Canadian beer of the year in 2009. The slogan at the Yukon Brewing Company is … “beer worth freezin for” and I have to agree with their slogan. Check out my Yukon Red “growler”.
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