Friday, June 10, 2011

As I told you yesterday, this morning was an early morning.  Got up at 5:00 am so we could be at breakfast by 6:00 am when they opened the doors.  After eating breakfast we had to meet our tour guide at 6:45 am in order to leave at 7:00 am for our trip to Kluane National Park.

There were only 9 people on our bus this morning.  2 people went fishing, 3 went hiking and 4 of us went on the Kathleen Lake Boat Tour.  The tour was good.  We saw a bear pretty close to the shore and it was like he stopped and posed for us.  Later we saw a Bald Eagle flying and then saw it on the nest.  Our guide said that it was a new nest because he hadn't seen it before.  It was cold and rainy today but the boat had a cover on it.  Our guide also gave us blankets to cover up with as well as life jackets to wear so we kept relatively warm.  The tour lasted about 2 hours.

After the tour we went into a little house on the shore and they had sack lunches for us that were pretty good.  The guides that had taken the group hiking showed us some bear skins that we got to touch so we could feel the difference in their fur between black bear and brown bear.

There was a group of students there on a field trip and while we were inside eating our guides said that one of the kids had gone missing and they needed to help find him.  They were gone for a while but he was found.  Evidently he was hiding.  I bet he got in trouble.

After lunch we drove back to the visitors center of Kluane National Park and saw a film that they were showing.  I was so tired I think I slept through it.  We had an hour to spend there and after that we got to go back to Whitehorse.

When we got back to Whitehorse we went to Main Street and went to another gift shop that we missed yesterday.  I still didn't buy anything.  We had to get back to the hotel because it was almost time for dinner.  I think we were the first ones in line for dinner.  We both had salmon and it was pretty good.  We purchased a meal plan for the tour portion so there are certain places that we have to use our vouchers.  They said we will not have meals provided in Denali because it is not a Holland America property.  Hope they have somewhere good to eat there.  Food is really expensive up here.

Tonight we are going to see the Frantic Follies show here at the hotel.  The show is not until 8:30 pm so I will probably sleep through it too because I am really tired.

Tomorrow morning we have to set our luggage out in the hall by 6:45 am and we will be leaving around 8:00 am to go to Dawson City.  We will be there 2 nights.  I think it is supposed to be a long day.  I will say that the buses that we are traveling on are very comfortable with lots of leg room so maybe it won't be too bad.

Our Tour Director said we should have wi-fi in all our hotels.  It may not be available in the rooms but we should definitely be able to get it from the lobby so I should be able to post daily.