Layover in Whitehorse YT

We're staying in Whitehorse for the day because we have to wait until Monday morning to have our knobby tires installed. It's a bit frustrating that we arrived on the 1 day out of 7 when we can't go get our tires, but it gives us a good opportunity to clean up a bit and get some blog posting done.

That beard thing still isn't working out for me.  Can I shave now, Jess?

When we arrived at the campground last night, we were met by a German guy who was very eager to give us his campsite for free. It turns out he wasn't so much eager as he was rushed; he'd just developed an upset stomach (pronounced as a German would - "stum-atch") and was in a hurry to find a place with better facilities than the campground. He couldn't get a refund, so he wanted to be sure someone got his site. We took the site, but managed to pay him for it as well.

Although he was in a hurry, we still ended up chatting for a while with he and his wife. They're both German, and this was something like their sixth or seventh visit to the Yukon! They love it here, and come every other year. They'd found out about a marathon taking place on Sunday, and had just signed up to run a half-marathon and bought some running shoes since they hadn't brought theirs. Dad got pretty excited, and we decided to enter the half-marathon as a team (just over 10km each) since we hadn't been training for running at all.

By the time we'd learned about the marathon on Saturday night, almost everything in town had closed and there was nowhere to get info or sign up. Dad got up this morning and went to find out what he could about the race. Unfortunately, he found the event shortly before it began, and there were no registration slots left. He hadn't had breakfast yet, and there was no time to come back and get me to run the other half of the half-marathon. The organizer invited him to run as a "bandit", but without time for breakfast and some digestion, even that wouldn't have been a good idea. In the end he went for a run while I stayed at the campground and make some blog posts.