Days 10, 11, 12 / Aug.8,9,10

 We’ve spent the past few days in Whitehorse which is a lovely little town. Yesterday, we took a tour bus from here to Fraser then boarded an old fashioned passenger train to Skagway, Alaska. The return trip was on a the bus and we stopped at Bridal Falls and Carcross. The conductor on the train shared interesting information about the Klondike gold rush. The whole trip took about 10 hours and we were pretty tired when we got back last night but it was well worth it 😄


SS Klondike on the Yukon River in Whitehorse 
Lots of flowers all over town
Yukon River
Refurbished station where we bought the train tickets to Skagway 
Yukon River
Great restaurant 
Tour bus we took to Frasier then from Skagway back to Whitehorse 
The WP & YR train (White Pass and Yukon Route)
View from train
More view

That was the front of the train as we went around a bend 
Our tour bus driver named “Sky” - he was delightful 
Looking down Broadway in Skagway. It’s on the Alaska Inlet and lots of cruise ships dock here (see the end of the street)
Dave and a new buddy
One level of Bridal Falls
We had to show our passports going into Alaska and then again reentering Canada


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