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Got up early. Today we were driving all the way to Whitehorse.

The drive itself was routine at this point. The road to Whitehorse passes through the Southern Lakes region of the Yukon, and some of these lakes are just freakin' huge. Marsh Lake in particular, along which the road winds for some ten or fifteen kilometers, unrolls as a vast stretch of vivid green water. The odometer clicked over relentlessly until finally we pulled into the capital of the Yukon.

The first thing to catch your eye as you drive down Robert Service way into town is the SS Klondike. The old gold rush-era sternwheeler sits beside the river as a national historic monument. However, we didn't get to see it today. We were only here to get fuel and provisions, and then we were off to the Takhini Hot Springs campground, about 20km outside of town.

Takhini Hot Springs is a little ways up the Klondike Highway. There's a pool there, and a huge number of campsites. Bathrooms were scarce, so a bit of a hike was involved, and shower facilities were the kind you'd find in any pool. Obviously the goal of the park is to drive visitors to the pool. Unfortunately, that never occurred for us. I did, however, get some good photos of the natural hot spring and the zipline that is set up above it.