Looking North into Taku Inlet towards Skagway
One last look at Haines
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Looking south out the Lynn Canal
Views as we approach Skagway
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Skagway and the White Pass
Mystic tied up at the transient dock
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Harbormaster office....what a background view!!
Red Onion saloon...finest brothel in town...well, in 1898:)))
Kone Sweets....serving Dreyer's ice cream!!!!
Wow....the trees have almost leafed out...in just the last few days!!
Some Gold Rush history from the Klondike Gold Rush Museum
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Views of downtown Skagway
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Mascot Saloon
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Skagway Brewery - we had lunch there one day
Local tug boat behind us on the dock just leaving
Cruise ship Princess Ruby....the first ship of the season for Skagway
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Start of our White Pass tour with Sherry
Beautiful views going up the White Pass
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Saw Tooth mountains....they rose above the glaciers staying jagged not being worn down by the glacier melt
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That's a glacier up on the right
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Kathy and John at the Yukon Welcome sign!
Kathy and Sherry
People come up here to cross country ski and snow mobile
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Dalls sheep
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Mountain goat
Female moose
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Frozen lake
Hear we could hear the frozen-lake-speak.....yep, like glacier speak but much softer...faint, echoing, ghostly groans as the ice shifted!!!
Down at the far end is Tagish Lake Kennel where we will meet the sled dogs and Michele Phillips
Trumpet Swans on Lake Bennett at Carcross
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Trumpet Swan
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Beaver dam
In the upper right is the beaver hut
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Spooked Porcupine waddling off
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Michele Phillip's home at Tagish Lake Kennel
Puppy liter...2-weeks old!!
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Proud and protective mom
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Over 60 sled dogs
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Michele getting ready to harness the 16 sled dogs for a training run
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Off and running pulling the ATV
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John giving at-a-dogs on their first break!!
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Kale and Dyea the lead dogs on a break
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Getting a cool mud bath:)))
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An older Golden who rode with us
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Michele describing the sled used in the Yukon and Iditarod Races
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Kathy, Michele and Sherry
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Sand beach at Lake Bennett in Carcross.....we had a picnic lunch watching this gorgeous scenery
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Crossing the narrow gauge White Pass railroad tracks
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Early morning at the marina...no wind and beautiful reflections!!
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Skagway River flowing down from White Pass
Looking south to Taku Inlet from Yakutania Point
Looking north
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Sherry our guide is posted on the upper right!!
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