ALASKA !!!

Saturday, May 28^th

Emerald Lake along the South Klondike Highway

       WOW…We finally made it!! We reached the end of our road trip but not our final destination. We arrived in Skagway, Alaska…and it is great to be back in the USA!! After driving 3,684 miles in 3 weeks we BOTH made it here alive. I was sure we were working on some new survivor show…3,684 miles – only 34 feet apart – towing 5 tons - only one will survive the trip after the other goes insane – who will it be ?!? The last 15 miles had me worried for the past few days but I couldn’t let Lori know that. The road into Skagway crosses the mountains through White Pass and descends from 3,500 foot elevation to sea level in 12 miles winding down the mountains at an 11% grade. Of course when the “Super Dave Adventure Tour” came through, the pass was socked in and the fog had the visibility down to about 100 feet. Luck and my sweet Ford “LDBKTRK” held strong and we arrived without any problems.  After parking the MLS at an RV park overlooking the harbor, we celebrated the success of our trip at the Skagway Brewing Co. with a dinner of beer battered  halibut fish & chips and a couple pitchers of Alaskan Ale. We then tried to ride our bikes back to the MLS (maybe scarier than driving the pass) and watched the cruise ships depart.

Bennett Lake with the marine layer moving over the summit

Our spot on the harbor in Skagway