August 7, We pulled out of camp about 9 am, went to the gas station to dump and fill with water, pulled out of Haines and headed north toward Haines Junction, stopping at the border and getting asked some question and told to go ahead. Wanted to stop in Haines Junction, but when we arrived it was raining so we just kept driving. Continued on the Alaskan Highway east toward Whitehorse, stopping at WalMart to stock up on some food items and filled up on fuel. Continued driving until we got to the Skagway turnoff, stopped at two Government Campgrounds, the first was full so we continued another 60 miles until we reached the second Conrad Government Campground, got a spot for the night, the government campgrounds are really nice and they supply the firewood. We had driven 10 hours and 309 miles today, which we usually don’t drive that much.
August 8, Left the campground this morning at 8:30, driving south toward Skagway for 53 miles, got to campground around 10 am, they do have a spot for us next to the small boat harbor. There are 3 cruise ships in town today and to be 4 coming in tomorrow, all three ships had left the harbor this evening, last one at 8:45. We took a drive to Dyea, an old historic boomtown, which is no more, drove to see the old cemetery that had tombstones dating back to April 1898 when an avalanche hit the men that where walking for The Klondike Gold Rush on the Chilkoot Trail, that killed more than 60 stampeders. Came back to camp and went out to dinner at the Smokehouse BBQ Restaurant, just down from us toward the cruise ships, good food but expensive.
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