We bid farewell to the Cassiar Highway and briefly entered the Yukon Territory before making our way back to the mother country (Skagway, Alaska). Our Cassiar animal count blossomed on the home stretch. We totaled 11 black bears, 1 grizzly, countless bald eagles and two of the most curious black footed foxes you'll ever meet. Brooks sat indian-style in the road-side shrub and tried to woo the little guy into the van to meet Sierra. Unsuccessful, we continued on before meeting the youngster's mom a few clicks later. It took Nathalie a few hours to recover after we left unable to add either of them to our family.
We came up the backside of White Pass, left Canada, and descended down into Skagway on a picturesque clear afternoon. All of the surrounding peaks were visible which made for a memorable trip down into town. Skagway is an interesting place, a main stop on the inland passage cruises. During the day, the old gold rush town quintuples in population as the ships unload their passengers to buy discounted jewerly and Alaskan embroidered fur coats in the Broadway Street shops. When the ship's whistle sounds and the ant trail of tourists return to their vessels, Skagway litterally shuts down and becomes the beautiful ghost town that it once was one.
We bid farewell to the Cassiar Highway and briefly entered the Yukon Territory before making our way back to the mother country (Skagway, Alaska). Our Cassiar animal count blossomed on the home stretch. We totaled 11 black bears, 1 grizzly, countless bald eagles and two of the most curious black footed foxes you'll ever meet. Brooks sat indian-style in the road-side shrub and tried to woo the little guy into the van to meet Sierra. Unsuccessful, we continued on before meeting the youngster's mom a few clicks later. It took Nathalie a few hours to recover after we left unable to add either of them to our family.
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