Beautiful sunny morning wake up lakeside in Atlin. Rustled the kids awake at 8:30am. Jonathan cooked a fantastic pancake, eggs and fried potato breakfast for us all. Loving our morning view today! We have had an interesting array of breakfast views out our little "dining room" window... Amazing lakes, poplars, spruce, ponderosa pines, old wrecked cars, gravel desert, huge RV buses, government buildings, mechanic shops... !! This morning's view and the view from Muncho Lake are my favourites so far.
Oliver was very keen to visit the playground again so we promised a stop before we left town. (Though Atlin is not technically a town... It is unincorporated)
Had a great play for 30min or so att he park before we hit the road to get back north to the Yukon again and go to Whitehorse. Our plan was to patch up our 12ft dinghy and do a 3 hour float down the river to the Takhini Bridge. We had spoken with the canoe outfitters when We were last in town and they gave us a map and advice, etc. It seemed like an adventurous thing to do, and we we're told it was a slow easy float.
On the road away from Atlin we stopped at Marsh Lake 1-2pm for a little picnic snack and to let the kids play at the little wooden playground. We went down a little path to the beautiful sandy beach and dug in the sand, collected little water snail shells and sticks that looked like "dog dogs". Lots of tiny flies there... We had to hold our breath as we walked through clouds of them back up the path.
We had heard a grinding noise near the back of the RV and so we stopped in at John's Automotive, forgetting it was Sunday. Two very friendly mechanics wandered out and chatted with Jonathan and suggested a couple things. They open at 9am tomorrow and we will swing back by there tomorrow to get it looked at.
Into Whitehorse, Jonathan dropped me and the kids at superstore to stock up on milk and other things and he zipped over to home hardware. We found Amelia a new pair of rubber boots size 7... She can barely fit into her little ones We brought. We lucked out... They had 3 pairs left, all size 7, and They were on sale for $4.97! She emphatically chose the pair with the cats on them.
After getting picked up by Jonathan We drove over to the river side and parked by the cultural centre. We got the dinghy out and Jonathan repaired the little hole with a patch kit an lots of tuck tape. We unloaded all the life jackets and snacks and warm fleece etc. Jonathan drove the RV to the bridge while the kids and I played by the dinghy in a grassy and gravel area. We were in touch with our friends Paul and Caroline from vancouver who were in Whitehorse celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary. They were going to join us on our expedition and Paul had picked Jonathan up at the drop site. While waiting for them to arrive back at the boat launch, a very nice older gentleman rode up on his bike. He had paniers full of stuff and hanging caribeaners and things. He seemed very outdoorsy. He stopped and assessed the scene... He asked how many chambers our boat had. (Three) and
Tbc
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