{"id":21787,"date":"2010-05-07T15:27:16","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T22:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=6640"},"modified":"2016-09-15T11:44:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T08:44:17","slug":"watson-lake-to-whitehorse-with-a-nugget-city-stopover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/watson-lake-to-whitehorse-with-a-nugget-city-stopover\/","title":{"rendered":"Watson Lake to Whitehorse, With a Nugget City Stopover"},"content":{"rendered":"

After pausing in Watson Lake yesterday to check the status of my online stuff, I gassed up at the Tags in front of the Sign Post Forest <\/a>and then rolled into Nugget City, twenty minutes north of town, for the night.<\/p>\n

I was a week earlier than last year, so the owners hadn’t arrived yet, but Dave the Chef winters there as does Rog the woodworker and mechanic, so I still got a warm welcome. I was invited to plug in behind the restaurant since the RV park isn’t open yet and gladly did so for the chance to top up the batteries even though I hadn’t intended to unhook.<\/p>\n

Since I had free power for the night and knew I’d have coffee and toast for the asking in the morning, I treated myself to dinner, which included Dave’s awesome fries. We caught up a bit and I took some time to walk around the property and see how my paint jobs have weathered the winter (not bad!).<\/p>\n

Two other rigs pulled in and plugged in beside me for the night and people came and went to get food. Nugget City is a happening place with a good reputation, and it is favoured by many who travel back and forth along that stretch of the Alaska highway. It really does feel like home and I got more than an odd stare from guests when I’d pop into the kitchen to get a glass of water or drop off a dirty dish.<\/p>\n

I ran one oil heater on low last night and was super comfortable, sleeping in just shorts and a tee-shirt instead of long johns and socks! I wanted a reasonably early start today and Rog promised to show me what he’d been up to all winter so I dragged my butt out of bed at 8. Ms. Tabitha was not pleased. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Rog’s big winter project really impressed me. He rebuilt a VW ‘bug’ from scratch! I couldn’t believe it; that thing had been an empty shell last fall and now it was a car! He added several personalized details for the recipient, one of the owners’ daughters. That is going to be a very sweet ride for her!<\/p>\n

I rolled out of Nugget City at 9:30 and took it nice and easy to Whitehorse. It felt weird to just roll through Teslin<\/a>, but I did stop at the rest area just west of town for the first time in order to have lunch.<\/p>\n

Right now, I’m parked at the day use area just east of town. I’ll stay here for a few hours and get some work done, then move to the Walmart. I’m doing it this way because I intended to spend two nights at the Walmart since I’m going day tripping with the toad tomorrow to scratch another item off my bucket list. I had thought to move to a Territorial campground that would have enabled me to scratch yet another thing off my bucket list, but I forgot that I’m too early for those campgrounds!<\/p>\n

There isn’t much for me to do in Whitehorse. I already have all the supplies I need for the first half of my Dawson summer, or at least as many as I can carry! I will top up the onboard propane tank, though. I didn’t do that last year and ended up having to fill up my little tank at a usurious rate. I would love to head up with both tanks filled, but I don’t like the idea of having a full propane tank in the trunk of the car, even if it’s apparently ‘okay’ because I have a hatchback.<\/p>\n

I can’t believe that this time a week ago I was en route to Nanaimo! I had no idea I’d be in Whitehorse this quickly! The weather has cooperated, that’s for sure! I’m definitely taking my detour tomorrow and am considering another toad road trip in a couple of days, but am not stuck on that idea. I’ll see when I get nearer to the junction to that road.<\/p>\n

It’s good to be back. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"standing<\/a>

standing in the Baby Nugget RV park, looking up to the back of the restaurant; you can see Miranda if you squint<\/p><\/div>\n

\"I<\/a>

I love this mini-chasm in the middle of the RV park!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"the<\/a>

the steeple was just about ready to be installed when I left last fall<\/p><\/div>\n

\"site<\/a>

site no. 2 is ‘mine’ and I love it!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"this<\/a>

this is the set up behind the restaurant<\/p><\/div>\n

\"closeup<\/a>

closeup of the hookups (not sure what that coiled up black wire is for)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"caribous<\/a>

caribous that darted across the highway<\/p><\/div>\n

\"heading<\/a>

heading west, before Teslin<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Teslin<\/a>

Teslin Lake<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Teslin<\/a>

Teslin Lake<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Teslin<\/a>

Teslin Lake<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Miranda<\/a>

Miranda still looks pretty good for all I’ve put her through \ud83d\ude42 (at Teslin Lake)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After pausing in Watson Lake yesterday to check the status of my online stuff, I gassed up at the Tags in front of the Sign Post Forest and then rolled into Nugget City, twenty minutes north of town, for the night. I was a week earlier than last year, so the owners hadn’t arrived yet, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[632,635,5,1388,3,1423,1432,1040],"tags":[853,1467,1447,792],"class_list":["post-21787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-north-america","category-rving","category-teslin-yukon","category-travel","category-watson-lake-yukon-canada-travel","category-whitehorse-yukon-canada-travel","category-yukon","tag-accommodation","tag-alaska-highway","tag-cats-in-an-rv","tag-religious-sitescemeteries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}