saturday, june 7 - skagway, b.c., yukon

2:30a - transiting Lynn Canal
6:41a - safely docked in Skagway
12:00p - partly cloudy, afternoon showers; 59 degrees F
8:38p - unmoored
8:54p - commence voyage to Glacier Bay

We woke up in Skagway, right at the end of an inlet.

A pair of bald eagles was circling over as we walked toward town.

We rented a little Chevy Cobalt and took off northeast on the only road out of town.

We quickly gained elevation and climbed into the snowy mountains. There are lots of places to pull over and look at the scenery.

We were quickly out of Alaska and back in British Columbia. We stopped at the sign on the way out.

After miles and miles of beautiful views, we reached the Yukon territory, or the Klondike. The train that goes through White Pass doesn't even cross into Canada and costs twice as much as our rental car did, so we were glad for the option we chose.

Ryan spotted Smokey the Bear out his window. We quickly turned around and I took some pictures of this nice black bear munching on plants. He didn't mind me taking pictures out the window.

He didn't mind either when I got out and climbed up the bank to get a little closer. I left the car door open, just in case. I think he was trying to smell better with his mouth open.

It was kind of overwhelming having so many breathtaking views all around.

By this point, I felt pretty bad. I couldn't breathe and was going through tissues pretty quickly. I didn't get out at all the overlooks that Ryan did.

We finally got to the first Yukon town, Carcross (short for Caribou Crossing), where we ate lunch and got our passports stamped at the post office. The locals encouraged us to keep driving north to Emerald Lake.

The one store we went into was home to the jail!

This was why encouraged us to keep driving.

The lake bed is covered with CaC03, calcium carbonate, which is where the green color comes from. The lake right next to this one looked totally different. Weird.

Miles (kilometers) of road on our trip back.

This is back in British Columbia, before we got to the border near Fraser.

The snow banks were still pretty substantial.

Coming back across the border we had to declare the canister of Pringles we bought in Carcross.

We drove West of town a little bit to get this vantage point on the way back. It was neat to see how big the ship really is - over 700 feet long by 100+ feet wide.

Back in Skagway - the smallest town we visited. A lot of the shops didn't even open or closed pretty early because it was Saturday.

This should clear up any confusion you may have about where we were!?!

I thought the hot tub on the Lido Deck would make me feel better. It didn't. Shoulda called it a warm tub instead :(

A beautiful sunset as we sailed away. The sun rose around 4:00a and set close to 10:00p.