We're cutting it close, so hopefully we'll be okay.

We did some grocery shopping in Inuvik yesterday, making sure we had sufficient supplies to do us at least the next five days. We're hoping to be in Dawson City by Friday, but that may or may not happen due to a storm that's supposed to affect the area between here and Dawson City on Wednesday. We were originally planning to spend a couple more days in Inuvik, but our delays in Tuktoyaktuk, plus the upcoming storm are making us head south quicker. We tried to get into the big community greenhouse in Inuvik, but it's closed on Sundays.

We're hoping that storm isn't as bad as they're forecasting because we would end up stuck in Eagle Plains again waiting for the road to dry up... the same way we did on the way north!

In the afternoon, we drove. We wanted to visit the village of Tsiigehtchic (pronounced See-ge-chic, pop 150) on the other side of the ferry crossing at the Mackenzie River.

About 45 kms (28 miles) south of Inuvik, we stopped at the Tithe geh Chii Vitaii Lookout trail...

Part of the trail leads to a viewpoint overlooking Campbell Lake.

We could see part of the stairs they built for the loop trail, so we decided to get some exercise.

Perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes!

The mosquitoes are now out in full force. We came prepared for them, and with jeans and the bug jacket I only had to put bug spray on my hands. But, it was a warm day and we were too hot hiking with all that clothing on. The bug jackets work great to keep the bugs off you... but they don't breath as well as I would have thought, and they're of course annoying to see through.

However, without the bug jackets we would not have been able to hike at all. There are simply too many mosquitoes, and even with bug spray on our heads and faces we don't think it would have been an enjoyable hike. Still, the bugs and bug jackets don't prevent us from getting good photos!

So, we did end up having a good hike and getting some exercise despite the bugs and having to be overdressed. I forgot to put the GPS tracker on for this hike, but we think we did about 4 kms (2.5 miles).

We carried on south...

This motorhome flew past us. 

It could have been the same young guys that flew past us the other day when we were heading back from Tuktoyaktuk!

Yikes... better stay in the center of the road!

Looking at the river down below.

This is a boring stretch of the Dempster Highway.

Heading down to the Mackenzie River.

On the ferry to the village of Tsiigehtchic.

We had met some fellow travelers on the way up who had told us about their good experiences in Tsiigehtchic. Many people bypass the village because you have to specifically ask the ferry to drop you off here. Otherwise, the ferry simply goes across the Mackenzie River and connects the Dempster highway.

Here, I'll show you on a map...

Normally, the ferry runs between where the highway ends at the river.

You have to specifically ask for the ferry to take you to Tsiigehtchic.

On the other hand, I read where some unprepared travelers mistakenly get off at Tsiigehtchic. An interesting story said that the village wanted to take advantage of that, and started a small tourism board in anticipation of the increased number of visitors coming up to the new Tuktoyaktuk highway. And, they learned that if they have a tourism board, they are eligible to apply for $250,000 worth of territorial funding to improve services for tourism!

Apparently there is a small unserviced campground here with picnic tables and outhouses, but by the time we got off the ferry it was 6:30pm and the tourism office was closed. So we simply parked there for the night and we will explore the town this morning.

Tsiigehtchic.

Oh, there's another reason we are heading to Eagle Plains in a bit of a rush. Our propane is getting really low! In fact, In eleven years of RV'ing with Sherman, the level has never been this low. There was a propane place in Inuvik, but they are closed on Sundays, and of course the two times we have been in Inuvik, it was a Sunday both times! We thought about hanging around up there until this morning, but we really didn't want to, and we need to make it to Eagle Plains before that storm.

Propane is available in Eagle Plains though.

Sherman's propane gauge!

I figure that if a full tank (80% is full) allows us approximately 40 days of use, then a tank that is 8% full should allow us 4 days of use. Sounds logical to me... I guess we'll see! We're cutting it close, so hopefully we'll be okay.

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