The Great Alaskan Adventure

First stop this morning was Annies to load up on breakfast....bacon, eggs, sausage and terrific blueberry pancakes, a good start to the day. The highway to Skagway was a wonderful surprise. Each bend in the road provides a new and beautiful vista to behold. Waterfalls abound, green crystal lakes and snow covered mountain tops. One of our first stops on the Klondike highway was a spectacular view of Bove island. The dogs decided to have a little sit on the bench here. Further along we drove through what is know as “Tormented Valley”, filled with stunted trees, rocks and small lakes, interesting but not a very inviting place. We found a remaining snow bank at the road side so naturally everyone had to get out and act silly in the snow....WOW it’s cold out here!
There were so many wonderful places to view that it took forever for us to reach the White Pass Summit at 3,292 feet elevation. Then naturally we had to go through customs......, no problems. Now for the ride down to Skagway at ocean level. Boy I’m glad our brakes were working well, although they did smell kind of ugly.

We found the trailer park and unhooked the trailer. Next a walk into Skagway to see what the town had to offer. LOTS!!! They average 5 cruise ships coming in every day, and when they come in and flood out into the streets look out. Unfortunately it’s a little tourist oriented but still very interesting. Since we had the dogs with us we really didn’t go in anywhere.

In the summer time there is a population of about 2500 people winter however there are only about 250.

Skagway is rich in history as it was a provisioning point for those brave souls heading to the Klondike Gold Rush. In order to move men and supplies they built a narrow gauge railway that runs from Whitehorse to Skagway. Today it is used only for tourists to ride.