Skagway, Yukon & BC - August 23 - 25

Leaving Haines, we took the ferry around the corner to Skagway loping off more than 300 miles of driving. Haines was a real community balancing quality of life with the commercial benefit of cruise ships by allowing no more than two smaller ships per week. In contrast, Skagway, a renovated gold rush town, had 3 huge Princess/Norwegian ships at berth when we docked. Many of the buildings are owned and maintained by the Klondike Gold Rush Historic Park. Interesting but more like Disney, we only spent a night and crossed back over to the Yukon in Canada completing the big circle back onto the Alaska Hwy.

Retracing our route for a short distance and another sleep at Teslin Lake CG, we turned south on the Cassiar Hwy into BC. There have been many wildfires some still active so we didn’t know what to expect but knew we would limit our stops through this area. Hyder was the last planned stay in Alaska.