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We crossed US customs without having to stop but on entering Canada we were grilled by the lady officer. The was thrown by us being English, driving a Canadian registered vehicle that obviously wasn't a rental. She wanted to know where we got the truck & camper along with umpteen other questions then we were told to wait whilst she consulted someone else - what is the problem. Eventually we were on our way. The sun was out, we wanted to make the most of it. We hoped to reach Kluanie National park to fit a walk in or hire a canoe but it was too far. We parked up at a Yukon government campground just 12 Canadian Dollars a night. It wasn't until we had filled our details in and posted them in the locked box with our cash (no warden) that we found we were parked right next to the wildlife corridor - the bears chosen route from the mountains to the lake. In fact, this site is so much in bear country that soft sided pop up campers and tents have to be pitched in an enclosure surrounded by an electric fence. Once again, we went to the loo together and took our bear spray with us. Free wood again but the logs were whoppers. I borrowed an axe but didn't make much progress. No fire, but we didn't want to sit outside waiting for the bears to appear anyway. Next morning it was a short drive to reach the Sheep Creek Trailhead. Lots of warning sign about bears and just down from the trailhead was a memorial for a hiker who was mauled to death by a young black bear a few years ago. The trail was through the woods - we made a lot of noise. Most people turn around at the viewpoint at the end of this trail but we headed up Sheep Mountain. The start was along a very narrow path hemmed in by bushes up to shoulder height - somewhere you can easily frighten a bear and cause them to attack you. We sang and jangled, if bears can hear you they normally move away. We were relieved to reach open hillside and sit on the summit at 6300 feet. Views were great, what a wonderful anniversary of the day we left home on our tandem. Even though we don't plan coming home anytime soon we are already talking about where we will tandem tour when we do return. We are glad to have our camper to explore North America, it certainly has allowed us the freedom to cover a lot of miles, hike when we want and lots more. I'm going to have great difficulty in parting Donna from Tilly when it's time for us to leave North America. Stupidly we thought sitting up high above the fish creeks and berry bushes we would be perfectly safe to enjoy our lunch. Lunch was uneventful but we discovered later that Grizzly bears love the high alpine areas and a grizzly had been spotted from the park office on the side of Sheep mountain somewhere below us whilst we ate our butties. We had seen several holes in the trail which we were also informed we made by grizzlies digging for grubs. Glad we found all this out once we were safely down. What a great hike (11 miles, 5000 feet of ascent). Back to the same RV site but we had only paid for 1 night when we arrived so we chose and paid for a different spot away from the bear corridor! Burgers, hot dogs and Champagne for dinner to celebrate the start of our second year on the road.
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