Before I was working on a cruise ship I made a work trip to the Yukon. This trip was made in February, not the first choice for people to want to go to this part of the world, and I wanted to return again in the summer.
Skagway is only 90 minutes from the Yukon border, so one of the tours we run goes to a few places in the area.
The first stop we made was a small area called Caribou Crossing, where we had lunch, and some time to look around at the shops. One of the things you could do was go dog sledding, sort of as there isn't any snow. Its really a cart on wheels, but as close as you are going to get in August. The person I went on the tour with wanted to do it, so we both went.
It was fun. One thing that was interesting was how some of the dogs were not very happy with the other dog they got paired up with, and would fight with each other. And the guide had to rearrange the order of the dogs a couple of times. And then when the cart stopped the dog were jumping at the reins wanting to run again.
After lunch we went to a town called Carcross, which at 450 people is the 5 largest town in the Yukon.
There wasn't much to see in the town, but I was able to get a passport stamp, and a magnet.
The town was also a stop on the Withe Pass Railway, which we rode back to Skagway.
I have already been on the railway, when my parents were on a cruise, so this was similar, but the ride was still enjoyable.
The weather that day was also the best we ever had all season in Skagway, sunny, warm, and not windy at all, as is often the case around the ship, as it is at the end of a very long fjord.
