August 02, 2018
Today, I was planning on making it to Skagway. I wasn’t sure how many stops I would be making, but knew that I would camp somewhere along the way if I did not make it there.
I had just left the campsite and driven out of the park heading to Haine’s, when I looked in my rearview mirror and saw a brown bear cross the road. I turned around and looked high and low for him, but couldn’t see him. I turned around to head back to Haine’s but stopped on the opposite side of the road and found the bear. I took a few photo’s knowing it may be the last bear I see in Alaska.
From here, I drove back up to Haine’s Junction and stopped at Kathleen Lake for breakfast.
I then made my way to Whitehorse to fuel up and get some groceries. I decided to stop at the SS Klondike as I knew it would probably be open now for a quick self-guiding tour. It was, and I got a few photo’s on the sternwheeler this time. It was disappointing that you could not go on part of the ship as it was in need of repair. L The parts that we could not visit included the first class bedrooms and the captain’s control room.
I made my way south towards Carcross and it was only about 106 km from Whitehorse. My stop just before Carcross was the world’s smallest “desert”. The Carcross Desert was formerly the bottom of a glacial lake.
From Carcross, I worked my way through Yukon and into BC before getting to Alaska. I stopped to take some photo’s of the forest fire that was across the lake and it looked like it had just started within 24 hours.
There was an old structure that I saw on the side of the road and just had to stop to take a few photo’s of it. I got back to the truck and after driving a few km realized that I was in a slide area and was not to stop … oops.
Crossed over into Alaska and there were a few places I wanted to stop to take photo’s but it was getting late and I wanted to make sure that I got a campsite. I decided I would write those places down and stop to visit them when I leave.
I got into a Dyea State Park and got a campsite for $10.00 a night and there were only about three remaining. The campground takes Canadian funds or US funds and charges the same price for whichever currency you use. I was fortunate as within 30 minutes the campground was full. So glad I did not stop to take more photo’s.
After setting up, I took a drive into Skagway to get a little information. Two cruise ships were in and most places were starting to close up. So, I headed back to the campground to get ready for a new day.
