This is an odd numbered year, so we stayed in Haines this year for the Holidays with Holly’s folks. We did take a little trip up to Whitehorse, which was pretty fun. I neglected to make any reservations at any of the hotels, but it turns out that Whitehorse is not very crowded around Christmas time, at –21 degrees F, go figure.
We decided it would be best to drive during the daylight hours to reduce the amount of boredom and fidgetiness along the way. As you can see from the clip below, sometimes this doesn’t not ensure an interesting drive.
On the way home, we did see three elk and two moose. Here are the two moose.
When we travel, especially, Holly likes to dress the boys in matching clothes. This is getting harder to do ever since Mark passed the size 5 rack. Often boys clothes of a certain type can be found from size 1 up to 5 that vary only in size, so it used to be really easy to get matching clothes for them.
The main attraction at Whitehorse is the Games Center: CLICK HERE!! We like mostly for the pool and the playground area, but what we mostly saw the locals using it for was hockey. There seemed to be an endless stream of skaters coming and going until late at night carrying all their skating gear and pads in large rolling bags. Better them than me.
My favorite area is the family swimming area. There’s a three story waterslide, a huge family wading pool, a 20 person hot tub, a steam room, and a sauna. The swimming area is about 1/3 of the size of H2Oasis, I’d say. One of our favorite new features is the Subway food stand which is right outside the swimming area.
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