Day 17 Going South...

Day 17^th, We are starting our way back home, the furthest North we went was to a town called Fox where we took pictures of the Alaska Pipeline.

Alaska Pipeline with Bob under it.

Little history: After oil was discovered at Prudhoe Bay in 1968, a reliable system was needed to transport crude oil from Alaksa's North slope to the lower 48 refineries, Many methods were
discussed ice-breaking tank vesssels to traverse the Northwest passage, giant tanker airplanes and extending the Alaska railroad to Prudhoe Bay. Ultimately, the oil companies determined that the most economic transport method was a hot-oil pipeline from the North Slope oil fields to the Port of Valdez, where the oil could be loaded into tank vessels, and shipped the the US West Coast.

As we left Fairbanks, our plan was to go to Destruction Bay along the Kluane Lake, we were trying to get a picture of the low dense trees when decided to pull over into a rest spot, thank goodness we did because we found out that the back tire had blown clear off. We changed the tire and off we went to the nearest town called Tok to get the spare put on the rim of the one we lost. Once that was done off we went. The next 200 miles were the worst roads we had gone through, they must have been working on them from the 1^st time we went through, because it wasn't that bad then.

We finally stopped around 8:30pm at a rest area some place between the Kluane wilderness Village and Destruction Bay, we were looking out at the Kluane Lake, which was nice, we had rain all night and the mountains looked like they got some snow.

Kluane Lake

Kluane Lake is located in the southwest area of the Yukon. At approximately 400 km² (150 sq mi), and 70 km (43 mi) long, it is the largest lake contained entirely within the territorial border.

Kluane Lake is fed by the A'ay Chu, which is composed of meltwater from the Kaskawulsh Glacier, located within Kluane National Park. It drains into the Kluane River, whose waters flow into the Donjek River, White River, Yukon River, and eventually the Bering Sea.
The Alaska Highway follows most of Kluane Lake's southern border, and the drive offers many spectacular views of the lake. The Yukon communities of Burwash Landing and Destruction Bay are located on the southern shore of the lake. The lake is also known for its whitefish and lake trout fishing

We are now at Johnson's Crossing 30 miles from Teslin, right before the Teslin Bridge.
Tomorrow we should be on Highway 37 heading to Stewart, this will take 3 days. I will post our adventures as we go.