Alaska and Yukon Territory - From Valdez to Skagway - July 10-19

We left Valdez and headed north once again on the Richardson Highway.  There are only a couple of roads in and out of Alaska so there really is no easy way to do a loop without driving at least some of the roads twice.   This section of the trip took us back to Tok where we picked up the Alaska Highway.  We turned south at Haines Junction onto the Haines Highway, stayed a few days in Haines, took a ferry from Haines to Skagway before heading back to the Alaska Highway via the Klondike Highway and Tagish Road. 

We enjoyed Haines.  It has a small town feel.  People were friendly, lots of local craftsman and artists.  We stayed in a campground right on the harbor.  Skagway was a completely different story.  It is way overdeveloped, they are geared toward cruise ships, not RVs, most of the stores and restaurants were not locally owned, and there was very little real Alaska to be found.  That said, Skagway is at the base of the Chilkoot Trail and the Klondike National Historic Site is there (as well as in Seattle). We did a walking tour with a Park Ranger and enjoyed it very much.  

Million Dollar Falls YGC

Million Dollar Falls Yukon Government Campground (YGC)

Fireweed at Million Dollar Falls YGC

Celina at Million Dollar Falls YGC

Million Dollar Falls YGC

Kluane National Park along Haines Highway, Yukon Territory

Along the Haines Highway

Haines Packing Cannery

Barred Owl at American Bald Eagle Foundation (ABEF) in Haines

Bald Eagle at ABEF

Workshop at American Indian Arts in Haines

Chilkat Tribal House in Haines

View of Fort Seward across Haines Harbor

Haines Harbor

Views from the ferry on the way to Skagway

Reid Falls, Skagway

Camper in White Horse Pass along the Klondike Highway

Alaska - British Columbia border along the Klondike Highway

Rancheria Falls, Yukon Territory