Skagway to Nugget City, Yukon

We left Garden City RV Park a little before 8:00 drove north on the Klondike Highway. The drive north up the Klondike Highway is supposed to have great mountain views through the White Pass. But it started drizzling rain shortly after we left Skagway and there are low clouds over the mountains, so we’re going to miss a a lot of the views we had hoped to see.

From Skagway to Nugget City

We arrived at the U.S.-Canada border at 8:30 and stopped to take some photos. The Kiwanis had erected an inukshuk and we wanted to get some photos of it.

From Skagway to Nugget City

From Skagway to Nugget City

We passed through Canadian Customs a little before 9:00 and after answering the usual questions, we were on our way.

From Skagway to Nugget City

We stopped for lunch at a turnout near Johnsons Crossing.at 11:30. We crossed the Continental Divide at one of its lowest points.

From Skagway to Nugget City

We had light rain for most of the day and temperatures in the upper 40’s.

From Skagway to Nugget City

We arrived at Baby Nugget RV Park at 3:30 and got almost 36 gallons of gas at the gas station there. We paid $1.429 Liter (CAD) or $5.408 US a gallon.

There is a restaurant here and I went in to look at the menu. We were wanting a nice hamburger, but it wasn’t on the menu. We could have had a hamburger steak dinner for about $18 and most of the other dinner items were in the same price range – waaaaay too much.

We paid $10 to use their wi-fi and $34.52 for our campsite. We are in site #2 which is a pull-through with 50 amp electric and water.

From Skagway to Nugget City

We didn’t get any photos of the campground entrance today – will have to get the photos tomorrow.