More pix fdrom Dyea and the Chilkoot Trail Outpost in Alaska

while we had a hotel booked in Skagway we opted to eat the cost of it and stay in Dyea at the Chilkoot Trail Outpost - really nice place and amazing owners. http://www.chilkoottrailoutpost.com/. Cabins are immaculate and new. Well worth staying there.

They have an shall we say eclectic variety of "artifacts" laying around in deference to the gold rush days.

And as reminder of one of the growth industries back then, a peek inside a building that was used as a brothel, lol

Over at Dyea / Start of the Chilkoot Trail / Not Skagway

The people out in Dyea are pretty adamant about Dyea being a separate entity. ie it's not Skagway. Regardless it is a unique area, lots of history, being the start of the Chilkoot Trail.

Oolichan were running in the inlet so lots of wildlife around feeding.

The remains of the docks on the Dyea tidal flats. One of the few indications that a town actually existed here and that tens of thousands of sourdoughs started their journey to the 1898 gold fields right from here. Most of the actual town site is simply covered in moss with no trace of structures.

Trip down to Skagway Alaska

Went do to Skagway, where the trees are fully leafed out now. Town still very quiet as it was still a week before the first tour ship was due to arrive. Lots of painting going on and stores still in the throes of opening up, many still closed for winter. Even so much busier than January.

Quick stop in Whitehorse at the sea plane base first, no ice on the lake in April

Emerald Lake, north of Carcross, barely frozen over

Carcross "desert" and Lake Bennett at low water - clearly showing where the desert originates from.

Tutshi Lake near Fraser, calm as usual

Skagway Marina

Around town