We took our time getting ready this morning and I made reservations at Pioneer RV Park in Whitehorse. We stopped on the way out of town to get the cheapest diesel as recommended by the super nice RV park manager. Along the route we stopped at the Rancheria Falls park. It is a 10 minute hike, partly on a boardwalk, to get to the falls. They were very pretty and Maverick really enjoyed the trail. The park had a really nice, large parking area that made it easy for multiple big-rigs to park. We arrived early at the Pioneer RV Park. This park has some really nice amenities. It has a super nice RV self-wash station and a oil change station where you or the park can change the oil in RV’s including big-rigs. We got a nice wooded lot on a hill away from the highway. We had 30AMP electric and water, but no sewer. Not a problem for us. The road in was pretty tight for a big-rig but I managed without much difficulty.
Once setup we drove into Whitehorse. Its the biggest town we’ve been in for a while. We stopped by the SS Klondike paddle-wheel steamer that used to carry cargo and people on the Yukon River. We arrived at 5pm just as the park closed so we couldn’t tour the inside, but we decided a nice walk around was enough for us. Next we headed downtown to eat at the Klondike Rib and Salmon. We heard the wait can be as long a 2 hours and there was a 40 minute wait for us. We walked around some nearby shops while waiting and just about 40 minutes we were seated outside on the patio. We really splurged and got both a half rack of ribs and Fish and Chips. Both entrées were excellent and service was very good. This is a great restaurant. After dinner we shopped a Canadian store similar to Walmart. It was weird. We did drive by Walmart and were shocked to see what had to be about 100 RV’s dry camping on the Walmart parking lot. We’ve seen people park at Walmart before but never like this. On the way back to the coach we stopped a horse sculpture representative of Whitehorse for a photo op.