Stop and go, but no traffic     [Jul 6, 2023]

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Konked out in Carcross.

Our trip today consisted of a bus ride to the border, hopping onto the famous White Pass and Yukon Railway for a ride into Skagway and then a bus ride back to Whitehorse.

The bus continued on and dropped us off at the Canadian Border Customs, which is also the start of the White Pass railway ride. It's a weird place. There is a customs building in the middle of nowhere and a railway station next to it for a train of 15 passenger cars or more, and a parking lot next to the trains where tour buses come and go off loading and picking up passengers. When we got there, the lot had at least 10 tour buses. All this in the middle of nowhere.

OK, off to Skagway on the train. See the other web pages for those adventures.

Our return was by the same bus that brought us to the border. He picked us up in downtown Skagway a little late because he had had some mechanical issues. Off we go back to Whitehorse. About 30 minutes out, the bus engine quits and we roll to a stop. He restarts the engine just fine and we continue for about two or three clicks. The engine stops again. Repeat this over and over until we get back to Carcross. The driver has texted his company and a replacement bus is on its way.

The driver had told us that after a few minutes driving a warning light would go on and kill the engine. If we had continued this way back to Whitehorse we would have arrived sometime in early winter. So, a new bus arrives and we get home safe and sound.

The bus picked us up from a parking spot close to our RV site.

Lee graciously gave me the window seat - and what a view I had all day! The huge windows on the bus were not tinted so it was kinda warm at times - the sun shone bright in clear blue skies. Perfect for 279 (excluding the ones deleted) photos for the day. We have divided them into the sections of the day's destinations.

We met several people from all over, and I hope to continue correspondence with Eva Hermankova from the Czech Republic. We exchanged "business cards" and I hope we maintain correspondence.

As Lee notes, our bus ride home was "another experience". Fortunately it was the bus engine itself that wasn't working. Things could have been worse, as the terrrain and road is very hilly. We could glide down the hills, start up the bus as it pulled up the next hill.