Our Staff:  Spike, Ron, Roger Anita & Dan

Hi Everybody,  We just arrived at the starting point - 'Ksan RV Park and Historic Native Village. Dan & Anita  just arrived today and Ron and Roger are due in tomorrow, everyone else will trickle in from the 11th to the 13th when they are due to check in. The weather is clear and cool, snow capped Mountains on all sides and plenty of Clan Houses and Totem poles to make the area interesting. Deer and Bear are coming around looking for forage. The Black Bears are mostly eating the Skunk Cabbage growing down by the Skeena and Buckley Rivers that flow past the RV Park. It helps get their digestion going after the long winter hibernation. There is plenty to do here, as soon as everyone arrives we will go on a Tour of the Historic 'Ksan Native Village and Museum.

The Group:  First Tour 2006 - Visiting the Clan House

A lesson on Totem Poles                     A visit to the Native Village 'Ksan                  A quick stop to visit more Totem Poles

Everyone is here, well and healthy and ready to get on the road. We first visited Native Totem Poles and learned about them and toured through the Clan houses.

Bear Glacier was visited on our way down to Hyder, Alaska (Our first night stop) Plenty of Bears in Hyder and the weather is perfect. Tonight is a Halibut dinner and then on the road again heading North to Skagway, Alaska.

Bear Glacier is Beautiful            So are the stops                          Jim knocks one over 2000 feet

Then goes for 3000 feet             Halibut dinner for all                   And all the Ladies did the Can Can

While the men looked for Gold        A nice Salmon Poem                     Our Canadian Beef product pre-border feast

Tracing his roots           Skagway City Walking Tour               Roger & Spike looking for trouble

Frank Reid forms a Vigilance Committee    Soapy Smith and his Girls refuse to leave town-shots are fired

How did it end?? Only our staff know    At the base of the Chilcoot Trail          Climbed by the Strong and the Brave

On our last day in Skagway, some of the group will take the water taxi to Juneau to enjoy all the Capital of Alaska has to offer - they will even see the Capitol building and Mendenhal glacier, Stellar sealions, whales and amazing views of lighthouses and eagles.  We will be heading to Whitehorse soon, so stay tuned and keep posted. 

In Whitehorse, Yukon we saw the dance follies, took a cruise up the Yukon River to Miles Canyon were Jack London at 19 years of age, was the steerman for the Klondikers heading through the rapids on their way to Dawson City and the Klondike Gold Rush. 

   Barbara is the Gambler, Elite      Johnny cant go home again             Art wins the Gir...I mean the prize

We have some hoofers                                                                  The bad boys come to town

Skagway, looking at the Harding Glacier   Off they go on a Sled dog ride   Wow, now a boat ride on the Yukon River

Off to Miles Canyon rapids           A great tour of a Old Friend      We all learn to hunt for our food

                          Steak night in Whitehorse, Yukon                               Visiting Five Finger Rapids

Now going for 4000 feet            Visiting Jack London's Cabin       Guess who found some Gold

Panning on Bonanza Creek     Learning about Gold Dredges     Back in the Creek with "Gold Fever"

In Dawson City we all panned for Gold and Found the Mother Lode on Bonanza Creek. Tours to the Gold Dredge and more sights and sounds then ever. Jack London's Cabin, Yukon River and Can Can Girls.

It's a nice gold nugget                  Now we party                                   and the girls Can Can for joy

We crossed the Yukon by ferry  Jim is now going for 5000 feet   A survivors party after Chicken

We all sat on Santa's lap            A nice visit to the Great Alaska Pipeline and look at the time

The afternoon spent on the Riverboat and a fun ride                     Our Manly Men

Now a "Pot Belly" Contest           Guess who won?                  We visited Denali Park & Mt. McKinley

Saw Dall Sheep                                     and Caribou                                      and other yellow jackets on the bus

Yikes!  It snowed driving to Denali        We had Sled Dog rides, EEEK!          My new puppy

Jim goes for 6000 feet                      Weeeeee!                                           Johnny pulls Ken after...        

A visit to Portage Glacier                  Lupine                                           and a friendly Moose

We are visiting the "Dusty Sourdough Show"  The three Musketeers    Traveling to a tour

We saw Exit Glacier                       and walked to the Toe                    A humpback jumped out of the water

We all caught Halibut                     Roger eats                                       A visit to the Russian Church

Oh no! The end of the tour.             And Jim finely hits a golf ball over 10,000 feet