Misty Day!

August 2 – This was again not a good driving day.  It was nice when we started out, as we stopped in Carcross so Bill could take a photo of the lake there.  The bad part was ascending and descending the mountains to get into Skagway.  There is ONLY one road in and out and it was a foggy, misty day once we headed up the mountain where we also had to go thru customs since we were leaving Canada again!

Well, it was foggy and misty and some of the roads were 11 degrees steep and it was a slow, nerve racking trip up and down the other side.  There were NO guardrails and at times I couldn’t see 6 feet in front of me or the taillights of Dave and Donna, who we follow every day.  It’s scary to know we have to go back out the same way and I just hope the weather is clearer.

Our campground in town is actually within walking distance to “town”.  Skagway is a small town right on the water and during the season they get 3 cruise ships every day during the “season”.  Then once the ships stop, about 85 per cent of the people leave the town.  There are a lot of summer workers here and a lot of the locals leave for better weather as well. 

We all have pull thru sites here and we’re here for 3 nights so everyone was happy about that.  The down side is we had to fill our water tanks before we arrived as there is no water and there is no sewer. The only thing we have is a level site with 30Amp electric. 

Once we parked and hooked up the electric most of the group went into town.  Some had their dinner there and others, like us, were just checking out the shops and seeing what deals there might be.  Bill and I visited the National Park here relating to the Klondike Gold Rush back in 1898.  We were here in 1998 when we flew to Alaska, rented a car for 1 ½ weeks and then took the train from Anchorage to Seward.  So we stopped here for an afternoon and not much has changed!

The Wagonmasters had bought our tickets for a late afternoon stage show about a “bad” guy who owned a saloon and cheated people here.  It was a bit hokey but the 3 actors did a really good job and all had great singing voices. 

So it was a long day but turned out to be a good day for sure!