Full Circle Through the Interior - Now on to The Inside Passage

Today is Friday, August 15th and we are once again in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. A little over two months ago, on June 10th ,we left Whitehorse in a snowstorm – you remember those pictures! Today it was a gorgeous, 70-degree day with just a “hint” of Autumn in the air.

We have come full-circle and are back here to start our voyage on the Alaska Marine Highway through the Inside Passage. It has been an INCREDIBLE two months. We can barely fathom all of the absolutely AWESOME things that we have seen and done thus far. However, while we have completed a circuit of the Interior, our adventure is far from over. From here we will go southwest to Skagway and begin the trip by ferry down the Inside Passage. We will be stopping at Haines, Juneau, Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, Ketchikan and disembarking in Prince Rupert one month from now. These towns can ONLY be reached by either boat or plane; there are NO roads to the “Southeast” (as it is called). Juneau is the capital of Alaska. Can you imagine having a state capital that cannot be reached by automobile? This will be another adventure.

This past week we have taken a cruise on the Copper River, once again “visited” the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, witnessed the beginning of Autumn, had an ‘up-close’ encounter with a local black bear and viewed the World’s Largest Weather Vane, among other things.

Attached are a few pictures showing these events.

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Sorry that it has been a while since our last Post but we have not had sufficient Internet access and no cell service in Canada, thus, we’ve been unable to update this blog. Hopefully, as we return to Alaska, (in the good ole’ US of A) this will not be an issue.

Take care and stay safe,

P&J