Tok, Alaska

Tok, Alaska

We left Skagway 0615 Friday morning trying to arrive at the Canadian Customs when they opened at 0800.  Since the Yukon is on Pacific time, this should have been great timing, except…  The US border is barricaded until they open at 0700 Alaskan time and the two inspection stations are about 12 miles,  and on these roads, about 1/2 hour apart.  The best laid plans.

Back to metric and Canadian currency for a couple of days.  Stopped in Whitehorse, YK for a few things and then off to Destruction Bay for an overnight stop.  We were able to park the rig on the shores of Kluane Lake.

We traveled along the eastern/southern shore for quite a few miles, er kilometers.  Noticed that the S/E shoreline was quite dry, and dusty.  The owner of the lodge explained that Kluane Lake was glacier fed, and the glacier is receding, so the lake is down 15 feet.  Of course with no other water supply, it will continue to shrink in size. Sat by the lake till 9’ish hoping to see a nice sunset. 

Finally realized that the sun wasn’t really going to set, so we retired.  Thought about getting up for the sunrise, but that was scheduled for 0344!

Hit the road about 0900 heading towards the Alaskan border. The welcome sign…

 

and on the back of the sign, a reminder of our Milwaukee ties! (Actually this is the second time we have seen this sign!)

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Cleared customs and drove the additional 120 miles to Tok, Alaska.  Arrived at the Sourdough campground mid-afternoon and will stay a couple of nights.