Since we knew that nothing would happen on Sunday, we took a day trip down to Skagway Alaska. The trip down to Skagway had some of the most awesome scenery that we have seen so far. You can only take so many pictures of mountains, lakes and trees, but each view is so beautiful that it is impossible not to keep clicking the camera.
The lakes are different shades of blue and green, depending upon the time of day and the light reflections. Just before reaching Carcross YK there is Emerald Lake, sometimes called Rainbow Lake. The water looks VERY GREEN. This is caused by the reflections of light off of the white bottom of the lake. The white bottom is called marl and is created from shells of native lake animals. On the return trip the reflections turned the water royal blue. It was incredible to see.
Partway to Skagway is the Yukon Suspension Bridge. You can stop and take the trip across the bridge over the rapids. Phil took pictures for me, I declined the walk across the bridge……
Then we traveled UP to the summit. It is mostly rock and fog when you reach the top. It is over 3200’ at the top. Then you go DOWN to Skagway which is at 32’. Quite a ride. We were happy that we had decided to do this as a day trip and not to drive the RV on this road.
Skagway is a lovely little town. It is a stop for all of the large cruise ships, so there are a lot of cute little shops, jewelry stores and such. We did some grocery shopping and bought me a bottle of wine and browsed through town.
We had some things to mail and I was able to access the internet while we were having lunch harbor side. My cell phone worked so we made a few quick calls. We would have taken the ferry to Haines and come home the long way, but it was not running on Sunday. However, there was only one ship in town, so it was an ideal day to browse around town, it was not crowded at all.
So, now we are sitting waiting for repair. NOTHING happened on Monday. They kept assuring Phil that they would get to us as soon as they could, however they are under contract with the truckers, so they come first. They did take us in around 9 AM on Tuesday, so hopefully we will know what is happening soon.
Wednesday Update: They found that the radiator did not have a hole, but being ten years old it just failed. It was taken to the radiator shop for repair. They project it may be fixed and reinstalled today. One can only hope……I’ll let you know.
We went down to see the SS Klondike. It is a national historic site here in the Yukon. Lovely to see:
Well, they took the RV in the shop at 2:00 PM and then the tech was called off the job. The RV was pushed out of the shop at 4:00 PM when the tech finished for the day.
During the morning Phil took me to the library so that I could connect to the internet.Then we sat in the Kenworth lounge in the afternoon for nothing! So, we went out to dinner and had fish and chips. We had time to come back to the RV and have a glass of wine before we went out to see Frantic Follies downtown. It was a burlesque type of show about the gold rush in the area in the late 1800’s. It was a great evening out. We really enjoyed the show.
At just about 4 PM they came in to get Phil. They wanted him to drive (YEAH) the RV out of the shop and let it run for a while to check the temperature of the engine and make sure there were no leaks. Everything seemed to be a go! They were faster to produce the bill than they had been to do anything else all week! But, we were repaired so that we could be on our way.
We opted to stay the evening and make a fresh getaway in the morning! Hurrah!
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