July 28th; Blue Sky Country

Get a load of this!!!! a lake, snow capped mountain and blue sky....ALL IN ONE PICTURE!
I was so excited about the blue sky and mountains that I kept wanting him stop for a picture every few miles. Needless to say, I didn't get all the pictures that I really wanted....

This was a pretty lake as we drove north out of Skagway toward the Alaska Hwy. I wanted this shot because it also had my favorite fireweed in it.

This is Emerald Lake. It is a shallow lake and the decomposing clams mix with clay on the bottom and reflect only the blue and green of the light spectrum. It is positively breath taking to see in person.

July 27; Leaving Skagway and Alaska

We launched out into a drippy 45 degree morning after bidding good-bye to some traveling friends we had met on the Ferry to Juneau. One person noted that the rain would stop when we got over the mountains…and it did. We opened out into a blue sky day and thoroughly enjoyed it. We stopped at the falls just before Canadian customs and filled our bottles with cold glacial water that might have been snow hundreds of years ago. When we got to Carcross, YT, before we got back onto the Alcan Hwy, we saw the Carcross Desert…very interesting: the smallest desert in the world. A few miles down the road was Emerald Lake, a beautiful lake with blue green water that reflected that because of decomposing shell and clay on the bottom of the shallow lake.
We then turned south before Watson Lake and got on the Cassiar Hwy, generally heading to the state of Washington. Saw much beauty…shining through when it’s not enveloped in rain and clouds. We traveled about 400 miles today, more than usual, but there was nothing else that we wanted to see along this part of the road. Any day is a good day when it’s not raining, right?

July 28th; driving the Cassiar Hwy

We woke to a cloudless sky and 54 degrees. It was beautiful. We haven’t seen this much blue sky in a month, and that was in Deadhorse, on the Arctic Ocean. I actually have a picture of a lake, snow capped mountain, and blue sky, all in the same picture. The Cassiar is beautiful but the road is horrid.
We saw a moose standing in a grassy edged lake, sticking his head down in the water grabbing big mouthfuls of vegetation to eat.
In the afteroon the sky has became overcast….and sure enough turned to rain!!! L
Saw more bear…total of 4 on the road today; 3 moose, two being a cow and calf on the road. Never saw this much in one day in Alaska….this was cool.
Drove by Bear Glacier right beside the road; very nice. And driving through the canyon toward Stewart there were many water falls; beautiful. Still raining as we camped….soooo….until we “connect” again.