our move...Fairbanks -> Whitehorse...584 miles

We left in the afternoon (on July 7th, I believe) and shot for Tok. We made it without any problems, checked in at a hotel and got some food. The dogs were great, even though they were still trying to figure out what the h... was going on and getting used to their new 4-hr schedule (drive 4 hours...break...drive 4 hours...break etc). The next day we planned in driving to Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon. We made it to approximately 20 miles north of Haines Jct when we blew a tire on the trailer...we made a quick swap and continued just to see a dense, white smoke coming out the exhaust...we cruised into Haines Jct. Unfortunately it was Saturday and the two mechanic shops were closed. We stayed a motel right next to a grossery store...so it was nice. Monday morning we took it to Kluane motors...very helpful, but unfortunately had no tools to fix our 2004 dielsel truck. He was afraid we had blown a head gasket, which would be bad since it is a very expensive fix. He managed to get a towing truck that would fit all of us and also tow the trailer to Whitehorse...98 miles. In Whitehorse, we stayed at a motor inn just on the northside of Whitehorse...very friendly and helpfull host. They let us park the trailer and dogs in the back just outside our hotel window. The truck was towed to a garage where the could look at it two days later. The called the next day and said it had a blown head gasket and possible bad header...bad news...that would be at least $6500 to fix. I couldn't believe it and asked to have it towed to the Ford dealership. Their diesel mechanic was also overloaded, but they gave us a loaner car to get around in. Two days later they called and informed us we had blown a egr-cooler...a $3500 fix...still expensive, but better than $6500 for something that wasn't wrong. We ended up 5 days in Whitehorse...a nice town and particular enjoyed new sports center with skating, soccer, and swimming. The people were very friendly and had a musher stop by everyday to check if we needed anything for our dogs. I would seriously considering living in Whitehorse if the opportunity were ever given.