EXPLORING THE AREA

 

I think I mentioned that we would have to move to a different site today because we didn’t fit in the one we were first assigned to. We spent the first three nights in one site and this morning they found another site for us. So, first thing in the morning we brought in the slides, unhooked, and moved across the park to a new site for the next two nights. On the way, Jim stopped at the sanitary dump so we would have empty holding tanks. Kathe decided that was the perfect time to give me a bath. When we have to be careful about our water usage I get a free ride in the bath department. Not so today. This is a view from our new site.

This afternoon was a great day for exploring the area. It’s so cold and windy that a road trip sounded like a good idea.  First, they drove up into Canada to take pictures and to walk across a the Yukon Suspension Bridge, a 200 foot bridge across the Tutshi River Canyon. No pictures of that because my Kathe stayed in the gift shop while the others walked across the bridge.

On the way back down the mountain pass they stopped to take pictures of this waterfall and also stopped at some of the overlook places where we saw the tour buses stopping.

Kathy T wanted to see the historic area of Dyea, Alaska. They drove about six miles on a gravel and dirt road following many cruise ship tour busses until they reach the former ”boom town” that catered to the miners of the Klondike gold rush. There was massive snow slide in 1898 followed by a forest fire in 1899. Most of the inhabitants drifted away leaving the area a ghost town.

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July, fireworks tonight after all the cruise ships leave, and a parade and lots of festivities in town tomorrow.