Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Day 7

Saturday April 26, 2008

Skagway 9:00 AM SEA LEVEL 46 o
White Pass 9:36AM ADT 3292 feet 34 o

This is an emergency truck pulloff for when their brakes get too hot and mushy.
"It is illegal to park an auto at the base of this ramp." DUH!


White Horse 1:41 PDT prosperous and clean looking 48 o

lunch Doc's Cafe $5.00 per slice of pie $1.259/liter





The wood rail is the top of hand rails on the path to the john.







World's smallest desert. Really cute, but no moose here either.




Another view of the World's smallest desert, no moose here either.




Still no moose in the desert.
Kluane Lake 4:06 PDT Km 1705 road construction => gravel





Burwash Creek 4:55 PDT Begin frost heaves until after Alaska state line 46 o Kluane Wilderness Village 5:08 halfway between WhiteHorse & Tok 50 o Km 1797




Donjek Valley 5:18 really strange mist in the air on Donjek River





Turns out to be loess - really fine windblown silt! Probably the dust left over from all the decaying moose.

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