A week in Tagish lake Kennel

Our first week in Canada has been full of happy wagging tails and wet kisses and paws. We have been in Tagish lake Kennel owned by Michelle Phillips and Ed Hopkins and enjoyed the company of over awesome 50 dogs and of course their handler and our soon-to-be-musher-friend Marie.

Since it was snowing a lot at the beginning we went mushing although everyone thought the mushing season would be way over by now. We all had our own team and really enjoyed the time on the trail.

We also went for walks with the dogs, they really enjoyed being loose!

We also met Marie's friends and had a fun game night with pizza and snow ice cream. And one day we hiked a small hill near Tagish lake and saw amazing view around the lake.

On our last day we took a truck and headed towards Skagway and mountains called White Pass. Luckily the bad weather forecast was a bug and we ended up driving in sun, eating nice treats and enjoying the view. Beautiful indeed!

And on the way back we stopped at Carcross, earlier known as Caribou Crossing.

It has been a great week together and it's funny to think how we meet with Marie in different countries and always end up picking up dog poop together!

So thank you Marie for having us and Michelle and Ed for letting us stay in your kennel. Now it's time to get back to the road. Where? We don't know... South? If you want to follow where we are and where we are going to, check our website.

Hello Canada and Yukon Territory!

As the people who have been following us in our previous blog Alaskan escape know, we are now continuing our adventures in Canada. 

Almost a week ago we left Fairbanks late at night and crossed the boundary the next day. 

The crossing was very simple, just a few basic questions and we got the stamps on our passports. It was great to see the familiar measurement units again: instead of miles we were travelling kilometers and instead of gallons of fuel we bought liters. The currency was new but since Canadian dollars are almost equal to US ones, it was pretty easy to adjust.

The weather got worse nearer we got to Canada and finally it started snowing. We drove through some areas that we knew were surrounded by lakes and breathtaking mountains, and sometimes we saw glances of summits. 

But most of the time the landscape was white and we couldn't see anything. 

After the second night the ground was white of new snow. And it hasn't stopped snowing since, what has been a bit challenging with summer tires.

Nights were a bit cool but we slept really well in our car, with a thick mattress and good sleeping bags. Despite the weather we still enjoyed being on the road.

Still, there wasn't much to see, and due to the apparent winter conditions we decided to drive directly to Tagish, located near Whitehorse, where our friend Marie is living. We shortly stopped in Whitehorse to get some fuel and buy some groceries, and noticed we have some adapting to do to the Canadian narrow roads.

In late afternoon we surprised Marie by arriving to her place and it was so great to see a friend who we haven't seen for over a year. Since that we have been playing with dogs and relaxed. I mean come on, it has been snowing for three days straight! Well one good thing came from this ongoing winter: we will go mushing!