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Just past carcross is the carcross desert. The dunes are pretty cool, and it was nice to sit in the warm sand.

I missed my cat fluffy:

Maybe you can see the resemblance:

Maybe not. Oh! There are toilets here.

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A little more carcross:

I didn’t indulge, but that bottom left sign usually means “welcome friend” to me.

This church was moved from, god, somewhere else. I forget where.

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Carcross! Wasn’t quite ready for guests. Ran into some people I knew from the cruise who know I am vegetarian with vegan leanings (I let the vegan part go on trips) and mentioned the local coffee shop had vegan offerings.

It was the only thing open In town. There was a historic general store (closed) and a bunch of modern “tiny house” type touristy places.

The coffee shop had cute blankets outside. And a cute dog.

I went inside, eager for some hot coffee...

I settled for some makeshift iced coffee (coffee snob here: iced coffee is not simply coffee with ice in it, you brew it differently. Not their fault, we were improvising because Carcross’s power was indeed out.), some cold pizza, and a Vegan cupcake.

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Conrad City: an old mining town that was there and gone in the blink of an eye. I am not entirely sure my rental car was allowed back here but the driving was safe. I pulled over and walked around awhile. There are only a few remainders of what was:

This is the ruins of the city’s old tramway. You can see the top up at the highway:

Bove island. During the gold rush lots of boats wrecked here. It was very windy.

If these gates are down there is probably an avalanche.

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It starts getting really dry once you hit the Yukon. This is across the street from the famous sign, dail peak. There are often sheep and goats on here but i didn’t see them. There is also a woman selling jewelry and water.

This is the remains of some sort of part of the Venus silver mine, collapsing off of the cliff. They actually blocked off the pull offs so people wouldn’t climb on it and die, so I had to slow way down and take the Photo out the window. No one was around.

I may have mentioned it, but in my non-cruise life, abandoned buildings are my jam. This is as close as I got on my trip. It’s related to the silver mines.

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Mount Racine across the lake, not sure what the other one was but it was remarkable.

The snow is diminishing.

Most of the time I was alone at these stops but sometimes I caught a bus. Usually I just sat in my car for 5 minutes, they were rarely there longer than that, and sometimes didn’t even get out of the bus.

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If you are happy to spend $18, this is a fun, cool, touristy thing not far into Canada.

It’s the Yukon suspension bridge, and I thought it was a fun stop. It’s got some other things to look at. The power went out right after I paid for a hot Chocolate but before I got it. Thankfully, it came on again.

It was cold and windy. And there was a lot more snow than I expected.

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Ok. So back to the Skagway road trip. I posted a lot of scenic photos but let’s talk some specific points of interest. The first was the gold rush cemetery and Reid falls. I posted about that already above.

There are lots of little pull offs on the side of the road along the highway. I used Murray’s guide, a book you can download online for a small amount. It’s very helpful for context and what to look for. If you don’t have a navigator, then create pins for all of the things you want to cover, on a map program. Preferably something that can be used offline because there isn’t much in the way of a signal for most of this.

So, there are plenty of beautiful stops (I started at 8am in my rental car, and returned it at 7:15pm. I did not dawdle anywhere, but I probably stopped more than the average bear.) but I am only going to talk about a few.

First stop of note that I will mention:

Pipeline falls. A beautiful waterfall, with a hydro electric pipeline next to it. Leads down to Goat Lake. I just like the name goat lake, and the ugly pipeline is pretty amazing to look at if you think of the sheer enormity of it.

Bridal veil falls- the water is said to be pure enough to drink but this early in the season it looks pretty unremarkable. Maybe it always does- the bulk of the falls is under the highway and not visible.

This weird little suspension bridge is on a very active fault. It’s very new, and is suspended over a small but deep chasm.

Customs! Was super quick and easy. There was a white pass railway train stopped there.

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What a beautiful kitty, wishing him the best for a speedy recovery. I have one that had the same symptoms, it was a urinary tract infection.

 

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Thank you! He really is special (although he seemed to miss me the least.)

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Check out captain Steve. He was great.

 

Www dot alaskahumpbackadventures dot com

 

 

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Whoops I am getting old, I replied to this twice. Sorry!

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The problem is Harv and Marv will only take kids under 13 on a private tour. So whether there are 2 of you, 4 of you, or 6 of you, you pay the same price. I think it was $890 for the private tour for the boat. That’s what the OP is saying. They don’t want to pay for the whole boat when it’s just the 4 of them.

Check out captain Steve. He was great.

Www dot alaskahumpbackadventures dot com

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Anxiously awaiting the rest! :)

:) it’s coming. Life got in the way a little- work is nuts and my little friend Pumpkin Decided that 10 minutes before I was supposed to return to work was as good of a time as any to start peeing blood. (He seems to feel ok, is managing to empty his bladder even though it’s hard, and is under a vets care, we are waiting on some test results, hopefully just an infection.)

(And here he is right before I left on my last cruise.)

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After doing it yourself, do you have any tips or recommendations for those of us planning to drive from Skagway to Carcross / Emerald Lake?

Yes! I will try to get to that tonight!

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Hope you had a great cruise, loving all the pictures. When you have time can you post the dailies from days 5, 6 and 7?

Yup! Coming home slowed me down, going to try to post a bunch more info tonight!

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Wish I had Instagram so I could see all the pics. [emoji30]

You can check them out on the web! Www dot Instagram dot com slash weetahbug.

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What a neat think to do! you could also go on Facebook under the cruise start date and name of ship. post the question and i bet you will be lucky in your quest. good luck!

Yeah, I am in that group and it’s not any of us, unless they were on the HAL ship and I don’t see a group there :)

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What was the bus company name? For me, that would be the place to start. I think they would have a record of who was on their buses.

I have no idea. It was a pretty generic white looking bus and I don’t think I caught any shots with it in it (I was on my own.)

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It was not me, but assuming you know what day of the week it was, maybe you can figure out which ships were in port that day, and post this same question in the Roll Call for that?

 

I hope you find the happy couple. What an amazing experience for them and I bet they would be thrilled to have the photo!

I don’t believe it was anyone on my rollcall (I started it.) and the only other ship was a HAL ship and they were pretty young, so I doubt that too.

There was someone from their bus videoing it but other than that person and me, I don’t think anyone saw it. They certainly don’t have a still photo :)

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Alaskahumpbackadventures dot com. Captain Steve comes from a long line of whale watching tour guides, was once a favorite with Harv and Marv’s, and really goes above and beyond. Very personalized attention. He just started his own company and I can’t recommend him enough.

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If you did, or know someone who did, please contact me- I have a great photo I want to give you.

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Bacardi Limon Rum, Passion Fruit Liqueur, Peach Schnapps, Guava, Pineapple juice

Thanks!

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Anyone got the recipe for this drink handy? Tried searching but ship internet is sucking today. Would really like one before I go. It used to be my fave.

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Such gorgeous photos. We’re you able to give the couple that picture?

No, but I should try to find them.

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This was going on.

Congrats to these two, it was a beautiful spot, I do hope they have a sense of humor to tell their kids someday that they were 10 feet from a portajohn, though. I bet that’s good luck.

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