As Willie Nelson sings, "On the road again". Arda and I decided that while we enjoyed our stay by Kluane Lake, we decided we should move on to Whitehorse. The road was better today as apparently there is no issue with perma-frost past Destruction Bay making it a nice drive into Whitehorse. We decided to stay at the Pioneer RV as this is close to the place where we have to go Monday for our repairs... providing the part arrives as advertised.
Sunday we went to Skagway as we had not spent any time in the town when we were on our cruise 3 years ago... we went on an all-day excursion. As with many of the towns on the coast where cruises stop, the town is full of jewelery and souvenier stores plus a few restaurants of which most are closed in the winter. It was a nice drive for the most part as I have never driven in clouds as much as I have in the past 6 weeks or so. The highest elevation on the way to Skagway is 3300' but we were in clouds a long time before reaching this height. In fact it was so bad, we could only travel about 15 - 20 MPH while afraid to stop because someone might not see you and the clouds weren't going away. Ah well, we did reach Skagway and returned to Whitehorse safely.
Did you know? Alaska is the seafood capital of the US with over one million square miles of rich fishing waters where over six billion pounds of wild seafood per year. Salmon farming is illegal by the State Constituion therefore all harvested seafood is wild resulting in a great flavor, color, and texture.
Pictures found at Skagway 2009
Take care and keep your loops open.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
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