Day 13 Whitehorse to Tagish River Campgorund Yukon via Skagway AK

Tuesday - Got up early to have Explorer checked at Ford Dealers - abs light had been on for a while and I wanted to have them check that all the wheel bearings were OK. We had hit quite a few frost heaves along the Alaskan Hwy. They did this with no charge and I was out of there by 8:00 am.

Packed up our two new passengers along with some more luggage. Our vehicle is now full and I mean full! - and the cargo bag on top is full as well. All loaded up we head of to Skagway AK.


On arrival there we were in the middle of 4 cruise ships who had docked in town. It was a busy spot. If you are a railroad enthusiast then there is lots going on in Skagway. The White Pass & Yukon RR is a busy railroad with a potential of 8,000 passengers in town for a train ride up to Carcross and back.

After taking in the hustle & bustle of Skagway we got back on the road and headed back north through Carcross to Tagish where we camped again at a Yukon Govt. campsite.





We had two visitors who agreed to guard the campsite against bears if we gave them a little food. Had a nice fire, but the temp dropped - minus 1 or 2 by morning. Our campers thought that was a little cold, but we learned from that and dressed a little warmer the next night.





One section of the campground was flooded and as there wasn't any other water source so Brad waded out into the Tagish River to get some water to boil for our rice and farmer's sausage. We have seen at least one other tent in most campgrounds we have stayed in each night.
Another gourmet meal courtesy of Brad our Chef. Had a nice warm campfire with some new dry wood that was just dropped off - it's free in Yukon Government campgrounds and the cost is just $12.00 per night to camp