Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Drive to Chicken

Mount Fairplay along the Taylor Highway to Chicken from Tok, AK
Thought this was an interesting point of view of where we were !!
Road to chicken, pavement ran out and we had gravel patches.
Another moose!
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Destruction Bay to Beaver Creek

Stopped in a rest area along the way between Destruction Bay, YT and Beaver Creek, YT. The road conditions were less than perfect. This lake was behind the rest area. We went looking for wildlife but didn't find any.
Our coach in the rest area above the lake. It was about 9 pm at this time. Still plenty of light. It didn't get dark until sometime after 11 pm. We don't know for sure because we were asleep by then. Thank goodness I made curtains with blackout fabric for the bedroom windows and doorway.
Samples of the frost heaves in the roads and cracks. We had to drive extremely slow and watch for these areas. Some were flagged, but some weren't.
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Leaving Haines & Moose

As we were leaving Haines, we saw this moose grazing.
Beautiful drive out of Haines along the Chilkat River.
Beautiful mountains coming across the pass.
Back in the Yukon for awhile.
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Cruise Ships

Woke up to one in our harbor.
Going by, I think Norwegian Star

I think this was a Diamond Princess ship.
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Chilkoot Lake

Chilkoot River flowing into Lynn Canal

Terry in his boat at Chilkoot Lake above the river
Happy fishing. He caught 7 Dolly Varden and missed one. He fished for 4 hrs.
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Eagle

We were on our way to Chilkoot Lake to fish and this bald eagle flew right toward us and landed below where we were parked. It was so cool!!
Coming in for a landing.
The Eagle has landed.
Gone too soon!
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Haines, AK

What a great rv site. Right on the Lynn Canal. Cruise boats go by regularly and some even dock here. We stayed here for 3 nights and it was great and so was the weather.
We ventured to a viewpoint and took this picture of a Glacier across the Chilkat River.
Looking at the glacier up close.
Another view of the mountains from the Chilkat State Park.
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