We arrived in Skagway at 7:00 AM and boarded a mini-bus for our tour a little after 9:00. It was an all day tour leaving Alaska, going through British Columbia and into the Yukon Territory. We viewed spectacular mountains tundra and northern Boreal forests as we drove along the Klondike Highway. We saw a young black bear eating the heads off of dandelions as fast as he could pluck them. He ate them like they were candy!
We stopped for a BBG Chicken lunch at Caribou Crossing in the Yukon Territory and Museum of Yukon Natural History, Royal Canadian Police exhibit and the Husky Sled Dog Camp. Nancy is drinking a Chilkoot Beer. Chilkoot was a steep dangerous pass the gold miners and their dogs with packs (with 100 days of provisions) climbed to set up claims.
The young girl below explained a lot about the dog team including the role the lead and the rest of the dogs have as well as their training. They used to use Huskies but while they are strong they lack endurance and speed so a mixed breed was developed that are exceptional athletes and weigh about 50 pounds.
After lunch we traveled to the old restored historic Yukon town of Carcross with a lot of shops before travelling back to Skagway. Along the way back we saw more bear and caribou.
Arriving back in Skagway in late afternoon we walked around the little town and stopped in the Red Onion Saloon before returning to the ship.
