Sunday September 6, Skagway, AK

The drive from Skagway up the South Klondike roads promises to be a good one. Bud & Rob have found out about Mikey's fear of heights and they want to make the ride with us. So with walkie talkie in hand we head off between two very nice motorhomes. Mikey says we are the oreo.

This is the bridge we have to cross over the white pass. Does it look like something Mikey would want to drive on????

Well with ribbing from Rob & Bud we do make it across the pass successfully.

The White Pass railroad is the traditional way to get across this pass. It's one of the only small rail trains still in existence. The railroad tracks are right on the edge of the mountain with no guard rails. You know this is as close to the train the Mikey would let us get.

Over the pass we get to the little town of Carcross. We have enjoyed spending time with our new friends. I never would have the chance to know these wonderful people if we had been traveling by car & staying in hotels. It's fun, like boating on wheels!

I didn't know Alaska had a desert but it does. This is the smallest desert in the world, in Carcross Alaska. The dessert sand is made from the glacial silt. It's probably the coldest desert in the world too. Mikey found it interesting that there were signs posted all around to respect the delicate plant life in the desert and to avoid walking on the edges and then all around us & the signs were 4-wheeler tracks. (The dessert plants life didn't seem to mind).

We decide to stay at an RV park I marked on the way up as a cool place to stay. The Yukon Motel & RV. It sits right on the beautiful Teslin Lake. It turns out our Washington friends have just checked in when we arrive. We all, Bud, Charlie, Rob & Sharon, have a good laugh and share our dinner meal cooked on the grill by Mikey & Rob. After dinner we walk over the the museum. (We have seen a lot of buildings labels museum here that we didn't give a second look but this one looks good). Once inside we see probably the best mounts I've ever seen. They have done a wonderful job recreating wildlife scenes. The animals look like they can just walk away any time.

Then on the walk back to the camper we see a very strange sight. The deep green pine trees on the shoreline have turned a bright freaky orange. It's the strangest thing I've ever seen. It was a little unnerving. Turns out that the sun was just setting and the glow of the sunset was momentarily shown in the trees. The orange glow covered several hundred acres the disappeared in just 30-40 seconds.