Rest day and more shopping

June 21^st, 2026

Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada

Woke up about 7:00 this morning, even though alarm was set for 8:00.

Sat around looking at stuff online while I waited for most of the other campers to leave.  Nearly all of them were out by 10:00 am.

Around 9:00 am I took my laundry over and got that done since no one else was using the machines.

After 10:00 I showered and dressed and then got geared up to go into town again as I have a few more things to pick up.

I had also worked on setting up a 2^nd camera on the bike, so wanted to do some test footage to see if that position would give anything useful.

I rode into town, trying several different camera angles on the mount while I was riding (is mounted in an area I can easily reach while riding).

In town I stopped again at Canadian Tire to pick up some straps in case I need them for the ferry crossing on Monday.  Might not need them, but not having them could be a bad thing, and eventually I will find ferry in some part of the world that requires me to provide straps, so time to add them to the kit.

I also wanted to pick up a bug repelling device some of the other campers were using and they all swore it was the best thing around.  Keeps mosquitos and even some of the other bugs away or reduces their activity by a huge factor in a range of about 10-15 feet from the device.  Its not too large, and runs off the same Isobutane fuel my stove uses, and uses very little of it, so efficient.

I pick up one of the devices and a box of refill pads that do the actual work.  They are small pads about 2 inches by 1 inch, so light and easy to pack away.

I then went over to a pizza by the slice shop nearby and had lunch.  Good food and decent price, cheapest food I have had since I came into Canada.

I then headed back to camp, but I wanted to stop again at that Yukon Transport Museum and I noticed on the ride in there was a car showing going on in the parking lot.  I had heared about this from a guy at the camp my first night, was related to the celebrations of the solstice and Indigenous People’s day.

I pulled off and found a spot to part as the lot was in use by the cars and so many cars around that you just parked where ever you could find a spot.

I walked around looking at the cars and bikes.  A good mix of 4x4’s, classic muscle, hot rods, a few exotics, some imports, and handful of various bikes.

Talked to a few owners and then got back on the bike and hit the highway.

Short ride back to the campsite and then I started to work on a video, but like the day before, I suddenly ran out of gas and had to lay down for a 2-hour nap.

After I woke around 4:00 pm, I worked on the video for a bit, and then went over to try having dinner, but the place was packed!

I came back to the tent and took my new mosquito thing out to test it and make sure it worked.

Spent some time talking with the two riders in the tent across from mine.

After about an hour, figured the restaurant might be more open, so walked over and still quite busy, but had a small table open I could sit at.

I kept working on my video while I ate, then came back to the tent to finish it.

Went out a few times while waiting for exports or uploads to talk as well.

Day is about over now (well, still daylight out at 11:00pm, but the “day” is over), so going to wrap this up and then get a few things done to get ready to start riding again in the morning.

Earlier day as well then I have done last few.

Catch ya down the road!