September 1993 - Vancouver Island to Alaska

I had not visited my home in the Yukon since 1986. 
Steve, my husband, had never visited the Yukon or Alaska.  It was time!

We packed the tent, gear & cat in the truck's canopy and hit the road. 

Here are miscellaneous pictures from that trip in no particular order. 
The images were scanned so the quality is not as crisp as more recent images. 

• Cassiar Highway in British Columbia
• Alaska Highway in Yukon
• Kluane Lake, Yukon
• Alaska Highway north of Kluane Lake
• Dempster Highway, Yukon
• Dawson City, Yukon
• Klondike Highway, Yukon
• Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
• Denali Highway - Cantwell to Paxson, Alaska
• Richardson Highway to Valdez, Alaska
• Valdez, Alaska
• Haines, Alaska
• Alaska State Ferry from Haines to Skagway

Cassiar Highway 

Bear Glacier on Highway 37A 

Boya Lake

Camping at Boya Lake

On the Alaska Highway northbound

Roadside stop on the Alaska Highway

Sue and Fangcat at the Signpost Forest in Watson Lake, Yukon

Kluane Lake

Hiking up to Soldier's Summit with Kluane Lake as a backdrop

At Soldier's Summit reading the historical information overlooking Kluane Lake

Plaque at Soldier's Summit

Slim's River heading westward, viewed from Sheep Mountain

Hoodoos on Sheep Mountain

View from Sheep Mountain

A calm Kluane Lake seen from Congdon Creek Yukon gov't campground

Kluane Lakeshore

Kluane Lake shore

Alaska Highway north of Kluane Lake

Old truck at Snag, Yukon

Beaver Creek is where the Alaska Highway was finally joined in 1942

Sign at the Alaska border on the Alaska Highway

Dempster Highway

Sign at the start of the Dempster Highway

Sign at Tombstone Mountain outlook

View over Tombstone Mountain from the Dempster Hwy

Fuel receipt from Eagle Plains

At the Arctic Circle

Steve and Fangcat at the Arctic Circle

Dawson City

Palace Grand Theatre in Dawson City

Sue & Steve at the Robert Service Cabin

Old paddlewheelers at the paddlewheel graveyard, a little known site along the Yukon River

Vehicle ferry on the Yukon River 

View from the Midnight Dome at Dawson City

Klondike Highway

View from Klondike Highway, north of Skagway

Camped near Carcross and it snowed overnight!  

On the North Klondike Highway, sign at the rest area for the Tintina Trench

I looked for the Tintina Trench ... this is what I saw

Historical site - Montague House

Historical site - Montague House

Five Finger Rapids alongside the Klondike Highway

Sign above the Pelly River

Denali National Park and Preserve

A clear day but the film camera didn't capture the distant Mount McKinley

We got off the park bus and hiked a bit ...

See the ground squirrel?


View along the Denali Park Road

View from Eielson Visitor Center in Denali park

A grizzly bear taking advantage of the fall berries before hibernation

Another view from the road in the park

Denali Highway

The Denali Highway travels from Cantwell to Paxson.  We had good weather for our day on the gravel road.  The scenery was stunning.  During our 2010 trip we did not drive this road because it was raining and overcast.  I hope we can return in future!

Richardson Highway to Valdez

Worthington Glacier viewed from the Richardson Highway -- see our 2010 trip for more pictures

Looking down from the Worthington Glacier 

Pipeline

Valdez

Tank farm at the Valdez Terminal

Ship at the Valdez terminal

Haines, Alaska

View from our campsite at Haines, Alaska

On the water at Haines, Alaska

Alaska State Ferry from Haines to Skagway

Approaching Skagway

Arriving at Skagway, AK