From Valdez we had a two day drive to Haines.  To get to Haines you have to drive back on the Alaskan / Canadian highway and drive through Canada.  Haines was one of the initial ways prospectors would get to the gold fields in the Yukon.  This was the smallest city we have stayed at in Alaska and had a population of around 1400.

While in Haines we took a 45 minute ferry to Skagway for a quick overnight stay.  Skagway is a popular cruise destination town where the white pass train originates and has a year round population of around 900.  This is where the 1898 gold rush trail starts and ends in the Yukon.  We happened to stumble upon the annual Klondike Road Relay where a group of 10 people run the 110 miles from Skagway to Whitehorse.

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We took a quick trip to Skagway where we took the white pass train up to the Canadian border. This train was a 1950’s diesel locomotive.

Nice view from the train

This was a bridge finished in 1901, and used in the gold rush.

A view of the Trail of ’98. Prospectors during the klondike gold rush had to carry a ton on supplies up and down this path.

View of the Canadian border patrol cabin at White Pass.

Daddy and I in front of the steam locomotive right before it blew it’s air horn, which scared the cr@p out of me………

A view of downtown Skagway

Prices in Haines were quite expensive……..

A view of a mama grizzly and her cub

View of the Chilkoot river, which was loaded with Salmon and seagulls

View of Downtown Haines

70 years ago we may have been making our journey in something like this.

Bear eating salmon along the Chilkoot river

Bear decided to do some fishing while taking a break

These are all pink salmon with their tails protruding through the water. We have never seen fish this concentrated, its no wonder there are bears here all the time fishing.

We loaded up the RV on a ferry and we are off to Juneau