Teslin to Skagway

This morning I was able to get all five Phaetons in a picture. We are in the coach that is farthest away.

This is a picture of our tail gunners, Jack and Martha with Teslin Lake behind them.

From Teslin we drove up Carcross on the Alaskan Highway. There were more beautiful lakes and mountains to see.

Spike tells us the names of the rivers and lakes as we see them but I haven't been taking notes and I can't remember them--there are just too many!

We did get to see a grizzly mom and two cubs. They were so cute. I wish I had gotten a better picture of the cubs but they didn't pose.

The fireweed is in bloom everywhere. Earlier in the trip we saw the dwarf fireweed but now the fireweed is up to three feet tall. It is an interesting flower as the blooms come out from the bottom first and then work their way up to the top.

When we turned onto the road to Skagway we followed several rivers as they made their way through the valley on their way to the Lynn Canal.

This is a beautiful glacial lake. You can tell by the turquoise water. Unfortunately no fish can live in it as it is devoid of oxygen.

More mountains and lakes. God's creations are awesome.

My favorite thing--waterfalls.

The has you are seeing is from all of the glaciers high on the mountains. One thing that continues to amaze me is how low we really are. So far on the trip we have been mostly in the one to two thousand foot elevation range. The mountains appear to be so high and yet the mountains in Colorado and New Mexico are much higher--so far.

Another glacier lake.

Here we are getting ready to cross a bridge on the Klondike Highway.

Finally we arrive at US Customs.

These are some of the mountains as we get closer to Skagway.

Here is a house on Main Street. Main Street isn't really the main street in Skagway--Broadway is.

These are some of the shops on Broadway. Notice the glacier in the upper left hand corner.

This is the block where the fudge store was. It was across the street from the Post Office.

I love the fact that all of the facilities on Broadway are restored buildings or new ones made to look old.

They told us that Princess Cruise Lines owns most of the shops. Because of this, any shop owned by an Alaskan says so in large letters.

This is the museum which is in the old Moore House.

Tomorrow we will go to the visitor's center in the morning and take a car caravan tour of the area. As always there are many more pictures in my web album at http://picasaweb.google.com/marynelle/.