Alaska!

We made it to Alaska yesterday (although it was just a brief sojourn into the panhandle so it doesn't really count...).

Skagway is a cruise ship port town so it was a bit of a circus here downtown - too many jewellery stores!  Stopped for lunch at the Red Onion Saloon (an old saloon and ex-brothel where you could tour upstairs: "$5 for 15 minutes - just like it was in 1898"). We escaped out Dyea Road to end up at the head of the Chilkoot Trail at the Chilkoot Trail Outpost. Linda and the boys went to look for bears last night and this morning. Today we are off to Whitehorse.

Dylan: We looked for the bear spot for an hour then we went a totally different direction and found the place. It was so cool there were salmon right there like 3 feet away. We came back at night and started waiting for bears. Then 10 people came and started fishing right where we were watching. We drove down the road a bit because we thought no bears would go there and then 30 minutes later I see them with cameras so we went over there and of course there's a grizzly. We got out of the car and stood on the little bridge and watched it for 20 minutes. Then it came on the bank. There was no water in between us so mom, Dustin, and I went back in the car.

 Showtime, guys!

It's here somewhere... 

 There! Impressed?

Show's over. I am outta here...