Wednesday, August 29, 2012



I instructed Mingo and Dingo to use the pressure washer and clean the truck, filthy after the beat to death run over the part of the AlCan we missed going into Alaska.  Going back an hour later to check progress ... you guessed it, they hadn't done a thing.  Been trying to understand just what good these two are other than good conversationalists.

We parked the trailer in Whitehorse and made a run to Skagway on the coast.  Amazing vistas and awe inspiring views ...

Cousin Janet complained I don't smile enough in the pictures sooo ...

Our day in Skagway was one to put on the postcards in the gift shops, warm & sunny and gorgeous. 

Downtown Skagway ... lots of shops for the cruise ships, but a pretty cool old town.

For the non history buffs out there, the 'stampeeders' had to carry over the Chilkoot Pass 1000 pounds of supplies, which meant hiring some locals or making an incredibly hard climb as many as forty times before they could move further into the Klondike.


This is the Slide Cemetery where over 70 of the would be miners were killed when an avalanche came roaring down the Chilkoot Pass.


Heading back up to Whitehorse, the scenery and rock formations changed continuously.

A roaring river alongside the road, it appears that neither of the individuals viewing can remember the name.

For those of you convinced that a certain individual is totally and uncontrollably afraid of heights, please observe this photograph carefully, note the confident posture and the assertive stride as he crosses a suspension bridge ( the damn thing was moving all over the place and I was scared sh*tless)! 



We came across this glacier on a side road that wasn't supposed to be a side road.  Someone had inadvertently driven past the turn off while the navigator slept, but the glacier and waterfalls in the area were very cool.

That night, after finding an RV park much later than anticipated, Miss Cyndy gives Mingo and Dingo lessons in reading maps and navigating the proper routes should backup navigators be required.  Not a  bad idea given that the driver could obviously not be trusted to follow the road on his own.

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