1. Early morning at my camp…
 

 
 
2. Cold and misty atmosphere…
 

 
 
3. … but the fall colors of the tundra remain.
 

 
 
4. Small “mirror lake”….
 

 
 
5. Last pass before to go down to Haines.
 

 
 
6. Panoramic of mountains and glaciers around.
 

 
 
And surprise down the hill: there is a custom and I end up back in Alaska! My map of this area is definitly imprecise, I’d forgotten that Haines and Skagway are on the thin strip of Alaska along the West border of British Columbia. 😀
 
 
7. I find the Pacific back or at least one of his fjords.
 

 
 
8. Haines, also along a fjord.
 

 
 
9. His small harbor houses as much fishing and pleasure boats.
 

 
 
10. Since there is no road between Haines to Skagway, VivaLaVida also took a boat to travel about 18 miles by sea! 😉
 

 
 
11. Cruise ambiance…
 

 
 
12. … while the ferry navigates to the end of the fjord.
 

 
 
Arriving in Skagway is exotic. It is a very touristy place that keeps memory of the gold rush. It was here that the pioneers landed, then crossed the White Pass by walk before to build boats that took them down to Dawson City by the Yukon River.
 
 
13. Main Street with, in succession, a large cruise ship hosting likely thousands of tourists.
 

 
 
14. Most buildings date from the late 19th century…
 

 
 
15. … and the atmosphere is a bit of another time.
 

 
 
16. I leave Skagway in late afternoon and makes me to the White Pass, about twenty miles North.
 

 
 
17. These granite mountains eroded by glaciers and dotted with small lakes really makes me think about some landscape of Norway.
 

 
 
18. I decide to camp between the Alaskan and Canadian borders.
 

 
 
19. Last colors on the mountains…
 

 
 
Second return to Canada in less than a week to come in the next update! 😀