Day 5- Carmacks, Yukon River

We ended the day today in Carmacks, Yukon, the 3rd largest city in all of the Yukon at a whooping 493 people. As we hopped out of the canoe at a fellow pulled his car up, got out and began chatting us up.

“Welcome to First Nation land!”

We asked if he thought anyone would give us trouble if we set up camp in the woods near the boat ramp.

“We welcome visitors here, you shouldn’t have any trouble. And if you do, come find me and I’ll take care of it. We usually tie troublemakers up to a log and toss em down river!”

With that in mind we stashed our gear in the woods near the ramp and walked into town. With a hunger to fill both Jackson and I wondered into the lone restaurant in town, the Gold Panner Restaurant. We both ordered cheeseburgers, double bacon, double cheese and a cold Yukon Gold beer. The burger was underwhelming....but the beer was cold 😀.

After dinner we walked across the parking lot to the one bar in town where we bellied up for a few hard earned libations. We chatted up some locals and made some new friends sharing stories and learning about their home, the wilderness and a way of life much different than ours.

Under the midnight sun, two of the locals gave us a small tour of town and set us on our way back to the campsite.

Solid day making good miles. Hot food and cold beer. Interesting town. We are ready to get back on the water and leave civilization behind once again.

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Day 5 of a 70 day expedition canoeing the length of the Yukon River, Source to Sea, Summer of 2018 #buffaloroamer