We didn't want to leave Skagway but we have a long way to go before summer is over. We climbed up to white pass once more except the road takes a different route to the train then they meet briefly before splitting again. The Canadian border guard was a lot more welcoming than the previous one. A grey blanket had descended but the scenery was still impressive, we certainly hit it lucky to have such great weather on the train yesterday. We had been told that nor...

From Destruction Bay, we passed through Haines Junction to follow the Haines Highway south. The Elias mountains were still prominent on our right and there were several good hiking trails. Yesterday we met two guys who tried to ascend Kings Throne mountain (shaped like a large seat) but were beaten back by strong winds well before the summit. Today the wind was even stronger so we passed it by along with several other trails that were too exposed or covered in ...

We crossed US customs without having to stop but on entering Canada we were grilled by the lady officer. The was thrown by us being English, driving a Canadian registered vehicle that obviously wasn't a rental. She wanted to know where we got the truck & camper along with umpteen other questions then we were told to wait whilst she consulted someone else - what is the problem. Eventually we were on our way. The sun was out, we wanted to make the most of it....

The Klondike was reputedly the last 'Great gold rush', it was not far from Dawson city that the first Nuggets were discovered in 1896. Within 2 years tens of thousands of prospectors arrived to claim stakes in Dawson area. We arrived just looking for an RV park! Dawson City was not what we expected - in a good way. With a population of less than 2000 we wouldn't really call it a City and it's far from looking like other cities. Back in British Columbia, Barkervil...

We didn't stop at Moose Creek near Stewart Crossing but I needed to pick somewhere on our next drive to record ramblings of things we have observed in our first 6 weeks in Canada (and a day in Alaska). We have clocked up 3500 miles which is almost 4 times the length of Britain and we haven't even made a dent in North America. They don't just have alternative words here (sidewalk, fender, etc) but they also do things differently here as well. We see cars in the ...