We had a good time visiting Whitehorse, but it was time to head down the road.  Our next destination was Destruction Bay on Lake Kluane.  It received its name from a very bad storm in 1942 that caused lots of damage to the ALCAN Highway camp for construction workers.  Kluane Lake is 38 miles long and is famous for its whitefish and lake trout.

                                                            Moose on the roadside

                                                               Mountains at Kluane Lake
                                               

                                                                   RV Park at Kluane Lake

We overnighted, and left the next day for Tok Junction, Alaska,  The first 100 miles took us 3 hours, as the road had so many frost heaves, we could only go less than 40 MPH.  The country is beautiful, and the road dept. was working on it.  The problem is that there is permafrost here, and the ground will thaw in one spot and not in another, so that is what causes the frost heaves.  At the RV park, the permafrost is 160' deep, and his well is 170', and has to circulate all the time to keep from freezing.
One has to be tough to live up here.  As we moved towards Tok, the air became very smoky, as there is a big fire going on the Kenai Peninsula, and the smoke was traveling North.

                                                        Smoky View of Wrangel Mountains

It was sure nice to cross the US border and have the signs in miles and MPH.  I never have been a metric person.  The area around Tok is very flat, with lots of swampy areas.

                       
                                            Mirror Lake and Reflections of the Mountains

After Tok, we are headed for Fairbanks, AK, and do some touristy things.  It is light 20 hrs a day up here, now, and the day's length is 21 1/2 hrs. in June.