Today, I woke up at 8:30, had breakfast (a granola bar, blueberries, and milk), loaded the car, checked out of our hotel, went to a post office to get some Canadian stamps (they are more expensive than American ones...and different!), and went to the Yukon Transportation Museum. The museum is home to the world's largest weather vane, a Douglas DC-3 airplane. It moved slightly a few times we were looking at it. Then we went into the building, where you can sit in the cockpit of a Piper Pacer airplane and do all the controls; sit in a trolley and watch a documentary; marvel at a model train and depot -- so cute; read lots of detailed signs; see stunning photographs; and learn about cars, trucks, Army vehicles, planes, and engines by seeing them up close and personal. The museum also has a small shop selling books, postcards, and kid's toys. The museum was really wonderful and I especially enjoyed sitting in the cockpit of the plane and seeing all the historic vehicles.
After the museum, we enjoyed lunch at Kentucky Fried Chicken upon Grandma's request. We shared an eight-piece family basket, which included the fried chicken, macaroni, mashed potatoes and gravy, French fries, and sodas for everyone (I got a Mug Root Beer). It was one of those incredibly healthy meals, right? After lunch and fueling up the car, we drove on to Watson Lake, arriving at 7 PM. We checked into our hotel, the Bighorn Motel, had supper (chicken, summer sausage, and Havarti cheese on sourdough bread; yogurt-covered raisins; some little snack cookies; and mango-pineapple-peach juice), and are now showering and getting ready for bed.
The world's largest weather vane at the Yukon Transportation Museum in Whitehorse.
Here I am in the cockpit of a Piper Placer...all set to fly!
The "Father to the Snowmobile"
~Anna~
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