Sharp's Travels

We packed up in the rain this morning. Everyone is on their own to the first stop. Coming up out of Skagway we were right up in the clouds. We could hardly see in front of us. We were the first to arrive at Carcross Visitors Center. We checked out the R.M.P.C. Barracks and the shops. As soon as we were all together again, we had a quick prayer meeting and pulled out heading for Caribou Crossing for our BBQ Chicken dinner. We were served our chicken and potato from a little building outside the main dining hall. As we filed in we were given our coleslaw and coffee. The rolls and donuts were on a separate table as we went to our tables. It was all delicious. We checked out the wild life museum. What a display.

The highlight of this stop was the dog sled ride. Michelle Phillips, the number one Lady Musher in all of Canada and the Yukon, keeps some of her dogs there. She trains them during the summer by having them pull sleds on wheels through the wooded area there. I was on a sled with 5 other people. We were on our way back when the lead dogs took a wrong turn and then became tangled around a tree. While Michelle was trying to get them untangled, the dogs got involved in a fight. They all started attacking one dog. It was scary to see her in amongst the fighting dogs. Finally everything got worked out and we were on our way. It was neat to ride behind the dogs.

We were less than 50 miles from our campground in Whitehorse when we left Caribou Crossing. We arrived at 3:30pm. We all parked and Spike took us on a city tour so we would know where to find things.

Gay worked on updating the blogs and pictures. We have had no internet service so haven’t been able to post anything for the last 4 days. You all will have to go back and catch up on the trip. Enjoy.

For pictures of the day see album: Skagway to Whitehorse 7/6/08