By the fourth day in Whitehorse it was hard to believe that it had only been four days! We had already seen so much and done so many things it felt like we had been here for a month! We started off our day with a trip to the Beringia Interpretive Centre aka Mammoth Nation! I did not know a lot of the information about Yukon during the ice age and I was fascinated to learn that that is where a lot of the "Ice Age" things we hear about occurred.
We watched this documentary put out by the BBC about what it was like in Beringia and it was really interesting and I learned a lot of new things- like the mating habits of goats- it was very interesting and became a joke for the rest of the trip amongst the leaders. :)
This is the skeleton of a sloth. Imagine if sloths were that big now!?
Mammoth Teeth are very interesting specimens...
This is a real mammoth tusk. Not a cast, not a replica, a real mammoth tusk!
We got to try our hand at spear throwing, a definite highlight of the Beringia Centre. All of the girls improved immensely in the short time they were doing it and I was proud of them for trying it even though a few were apprehensive.
Look at how professional they look!
We also visited the Yukon Transportation Museum, which was a real thrill for me! I am a HUGE fan of all things transportation (I know that sounds ridiculous) so to have planes, boats, trains, cars, sleighs, dogsleds, and wagons all in the same place was incredibly exciting...
We learned about how and why the Alaska highway was built and saw some of the trucks that were used to do it. We also heard a ghost story... Apparently one of the workers who was building the highway was run over by one of the trucks and his spirit stayed with the truck and is now in the museum... Spooky!
We spent the evening at the Canada Games Centre. It was our second time there and the kids loved it! The best part of the swimming pool is the "lazy river" aka "help I just fell in the Yukon River and can't get out!" It was very fast and so much fun even though everyone left with cuts and bruises. If you are ever in Whitehorse check this place out!
That's all for day four, we are halfway through the trip! Stay tuned to see more!
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