Today was a travel day.
We awoke with frost on our vehicles. It was another spectacular day with lots of
sunshine. Our travel distance from
Destruction Bay to Skagway was approximately 270 uneventful miles. As we departed the campground, sunshine was
sparkling on Kluane Lake … a huge beautiful freshwater lake.
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| Kluane lake at Destruction Bay |
Every mile gave us new mountain views and
spectacular scenery. We were delighted
with Emerald Lake with blue-green light waves reflecting off of the white
sediment bottom.
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| Emerald Lake |
Not far down the road
was the “world’s smallest desert” complete with sand dunes and sparse
vegetation.
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| Carcross Desert Sign |
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| Carcross Dessert |
Mile after mile it seemed
like the mountains produced small streams of water at every turn. The White Pass descent leading into Skagway was
an 11% downhill drive that seemed to go on forever.
We saw a coyote at
the edge of the road but it moved too quickly to be captured in a picture. No other sightings of animals were reported
except Jesse claimed that he hiked 6 miles into the Carcross Desert and saw a
herd of elephants and a herd of camels.
No other confirmation of the sightings was made. In most other respects Jesse seemed OK.
The evening ended with a social at the RV Park in Skagway, and Sue was honored with "Buddy Bear" tonight. (She made a Potato Bag for each RV. Buddy Bear loved that good deed)
Submitted by Rig #15
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| Sue & Don |
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