Day 51
WOW - what a day. We got a good sleep and then went off to ride the WPYR (White Pass & Yukon Railway). We did the summit tour, which means we went up and over Summit pass and 200 feet into BC (unless you were at the back of the train and only got in 50 feet).
The White Pass was one route the stampeders used to get to Dawson City and the gold rush (the other route was the Chilkoot Pass, that we hiked yesterday); but of course the railway was not completed until most of the stampeders were already in Dawson City.
The weather today was perfect; so perfect that the locals even commented of how rare it is to have a day like this. The view from the train was spectacular; we have many pictures, I have picked three.
After the ride, and after most of the passengers from the cruise ships have left the city, we walked around town a bit, found the creperie (instead of the cinnamon bun place) and basically enjoyed the town without the masses. Today there were only 4600 visitors - yesterday there were 8600.
Tomorrow we head to the Watson Lake area and cross our fingers that the Cassiar may open. The report this morning was "closed with a slim chance of opening but maybe one pilot car betwen 7 am and 2 pm" and the next report would be 5 PM 13 Aug. We should get to Nugget Bay about that time, stay tuned...
Just got caught up on the trip everything looks awesome. We are going to come with you next year. I certainly hope you can handle an active 2 year old.
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