WEDNESDAY July 11, 2007

We visited the sign forest today in Watson Lake near the BC and Yukon territory border. It started out with a single sign posted by a soldier during the construction of the highway (mileage to his home) and has turned into tens of thousands of signs. Visitors are welcome to post their own signs now.

We made a late decision to detour to Skagway today. Long day, but tomorrow will be a good break for everyone on the Skagway to Whitehorse train. About a 3 hr round trip. It put us in Alaska a day early, but we will have to make our way back out to the AK hwy and then on to Fairbanks later in the week. Raining and cold right now with lots of snow in the hills around Skagway. All fogged in. This would be pretty depressing if this were a typical mid-July day.

Off to bed; early to rise......