We left Laird River, British Columbia late in the morning and drove 162 to Teslin. Teslin is Historic milepost 804 on the Alaska Highway.  The population is 239. The average temperature in July is 57 degrees.

This was truly just a stopover for the night as we didn’t even bother unhooking the car.  After dinner we walked around the campground to look at everyone’s license plates to see what US states were there as we always do.  There were some HUGE rigs that were traveling together.IMG 8189

This is the third time we’ve seen this type of set up with such a big truck pulling a fifth wheeler. There were two of these big diesels pulling fifth wheelers, but this was the only one with a car also.

There were some native animals on display at the campground gift store. A particularly interesting one was of these caribou.  The sign explained that these two bulls were testing their strength during mating season.  They locked their antlers in combat and were unable to free themselves and died of exhaustion and dehydration.  These were discovered in the Ogilvie Mountains.

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The second longest bridge on the Alaska Highway crosses the Nisultin River going across the river into Teslin.  Our campground was on the right after crossing the lake.

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As our luck would have it, a second bridge was being built on the side of the original bridge and we listened to construction vehicles all night long.  In addition to the noise all electricity was turned off from 9:00pm to the next morning.

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Trip Statistics

  • We stayed at the Yukon Motel and Lakeshore Campground for $42.97
  • We drove 162 in the motorhome and 0 in our car for a total of 4,850 miles so far.