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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Raynesford MT

Made it to Montana on the 12th at 11:30 PM
Am now getting for my next trip ,will start a new blog when I start the trip
  • It will be soon have reservation for Yellowstone for Labor Day then South Dakota

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Vanderhoof BC

The last day of the Alaska Caravan 58 days
A trip everyone should take  I saw views that were magnificent and a lot of animals up close










Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Stewart BC

In Hyder AK 2mi west of Stewart BC.
We saw bears then up the road in BC  Salmon Glacier










Sunday, August 7, 2011

Dease Lake BC


Last night we stayed at Northern Beaver Post YT
On the way to Dease Lake I saw a red fox in the road they are fast no pic
Two moose one was a baby and  Simpson.peak
There is a saying in the Yukon  when the fire weed truns to cotton summer is soon for gotten.
It was 37 in morning at Northern Beaver Post




fire weed in the cotton at Northan Beaver Post

Friday, August 5, 2011

Skagway AK Day 4

This is the last full day we spend in Alaska , will spend one half a day in Hyder AK to see the bears caching fish .
I spent the day looking over Skagway
The NPS has  Klondike Gold Rush NHP and they give walking tours of the old town.
Touist trap you think.
PS
You may not here from me tell I get back to the lower 48 as the Alaskans say
My phone is now off.



There was one ship in the port just 3000 peps
When there were 5 ships here you could not drive here
So it was a go day to look the town over

Roger's hair is coming back
Looking good Roger

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Skagway AK Day 3

Had a good trip today on the cruse of Juneau
Saw whales , seal es porous many cruse ship

tug in Sagway

Alaska's Capital building


Mendenhall Glacier and ice bergs





This light house is for sale by USCG

Hains AK


looking back a Sagway on the way to Hains (15mi by boat 350 mi by car) & Juneau (50mi by boat the only way)

SKAGWAY AK DAY2




Today we went on the White Pass Yukon Railway narrow gage train 40 mi round trip


looking down the Skagway Harbor

right of the Skagway harbor

there were 5 cruise ships in

the train we rode on

this from the harbor looking down main street

main street at 6:00 am
you cough not move after 9:00 am

train depot

the US  customs station
from rail road


used in 1800

the lower tail is the one all the gold seckerrs usrd in the 1800s


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

SKAGWAY AK

Skagway is very small but when 3 or 4 cruise ships and 3 caravans of 15+ RVs plus the rest of the tourist the town is booming
No pictures of Skagway
Go on a narrow gage train the 8/3/11 and to Juneau the 4th
Went from 3000 ft to 20 ft in 10 mi 11% grade

Monday, August 1, 2011

TOK ALASKA

Traveled from Valdez to TOK to day it is a rerun of where we have already been
You have to go though TOK to get any where in Alaska
We are on are way to Skagway.
We have to leave the US for one day TOK to Skagway is 494 miles
Stay one night in Destruction Bay YT don't know if they have wfi
I am adding pictures from other places
All most made it to the ship we were on this some of the ice that calved it was rideing the wave

close up of a salmon fishing boat bring in fish

fish in the fish ladder

the RV park was just behine the USCG ship

water falls like this and biger were by the hundreds
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