The Agnew Family aboard the "Dog House"

After a great all you can eat breakfast featuring blueberry pancakes at Mukluk Annie’s we head west. I highly recommend Mukluk Annie’s to any one traveling the Alaska Highway. Today’s drive was very exciting as we drove on three different highways (Alaska Highway, Tagish Road (Hwy 8) and South Klondike Highway) on the way to Skagway — we’ve been driving on the Alaska Highway since Dawson Creek. It was a day of incredible scenery, the further along we went the better the scenery got – Margaret and I both managed to stay away for the entire drive! The road climbed as we headed for White Pass and the amount of snow on the mountains kept increasing. Finally, there was snow right by the highway. We stopped and took the dogs for a snowball fight. Colin and I realized we weren’t exactly dressed for it — I was wearing sandals and Colin was wearing shorts! The Canadian / US border (there is a huge pull off) is a ½ mile or so from the summit so the view is incredible with waterfalls, a lake and mountains in the background — you literally feel like you are on top of the world. The border stations are miles from the actual border. Once we reached the summit we started going downhill to Skagway. The 1,000 plus meter descent was done in less than 10 miles — it was a steep decent! Skagway was the reward at the end of the road — more about it tomorrow.



Aren't we cute!!!! So where's the cookies?


Bove Island in Tagish Lake


Abondoned mining tramline


White & Yukon Railway line at Log Cabin


Zaphod admiring the pretty flowers.


Tormented Valley - a rocky desolate "moonscape" of stunted trees and small lakes - about 6 miles after Canadian customs and 7 miles before US customs..... definitely a no man's land!



I know there is gold in these them mountains - just gotta dig deep enough!



Love the knees Colin!


Canada - US border


Zaph and I at the summit.