How badly do you want to strike it rich?

Today we stopped in Skagway, the historic starting point on a journey to the Klondike and your opportunity to hunt for gold. The rush is long over but the town of Skagway and many of the points along the trail have preserved the history of that time.

We traveled over the White Pass by rail but during the gold rush, prospectors were on foot. They had to make the trip through the pass many times to carry up the 2000 lbs of supplies (enough for a year) required to make it past the Canadian checkpoint.












It was a beautiful, warm day with not a cloud in the sky. I tried to imagine what sort of drive one would need to brave this mountain pass in the winter with only the hope of riches. It was a grueling trek with many dangers. Seems like a pretty big risk to me. But the countryside is breathtakingly beautiful. Maybe that, and a large sense of adventure where enough.







We also visited a sled dog training camp. Many of the dogs have run the Iditarod. There were even husky puppies to play with :)