Yukon, Ho!
  July 8-11, 2011

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View along the Haines Highway

Day 1 (July 8)
Arrive ferry terminal 12:00 pm; nap in car.  Depart Auke Bay 3:00 pm, stake out the after lounge.  Eat dinner in cafeteria; arrive Skagway 9:30 pm.  Camp at Dyea.

Day 2 (July 9)
Drive to Skagway, then Carcross; walk around Carcross and through the Carcross dunes; eat ice cream.  Drive the Tagish Road onto the Atlin Road; hike up a knoll overlooking Snafu Lake to camp.  Surrounded by courting common nighthawks at dusk; loons call on the lake; bald eagle perches nearby.

Dyea
Camp at Dyea (morning)
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View on Klondike Highway
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View along the Klondike Highway
squirrels
Arctic ground squirrels
dunes
Carcross dunes
roses
Prickly rose (I think)
Chris
Overlooking Nares Lake
flowers
Flowers in the Carcross dunes
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Chris in the Carcross dunes
me
Debbie in the Carcross dunes
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Two ants attacking a grub
sparrow
White-crowned sparrow
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View from camp
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View from camp (Snafu Lake)
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View from camp (Snafu Lake)
mountain
Cloud formation around the nearby mountain
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Camp
tent
Camp
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Looking down the path from out camp site
Debbie
Debbie around the camp fire
Chris
Chris around the camp fire

Day 3 (July 10)
Drive Atlin Road to the Alcan and on to Whitehorse; lunch in Whitehorse, then the Beringia museum.  Drive through Haines Junction and camp at Million Dollar Falls campground.  Thunderstorm hits while approaching campground; close thunder and hail; sheltered in car to let it pass before pitching tent.  Passed two black bears on the side of the road eating dandilions on the Haines Highway.

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Morning camp
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Breakfast
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View along the Atlin Road
beaver
Debbie and a giant beaver
steppe bison
Steppe bison at the Beringia museum
bear
Black bear
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Black bear feeding on dandilions
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Camp at Million Dollar Falls
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The river at camp
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Million Dollar Falls
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Flowers at the side of Million Dollar Falls
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View along the Haines Highway

Day 4 (July 11)
Drive the Haines Highway; drive through Klukwan; lunch in Haines.  Visit the American Bald Eagle Foundation (and Gary the raven); relax at a park near the water.  Depart Haines 8:30; arrive Juneau 12:30 am.

Gary
Gary in his new home at the American Bald Eagle Foundation