Playing tourist with Ma...picture heavy...

My Mom went back to her home this afternoon. We had a great visit and spent a couple days pretending to be tourists.
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First stop, Emerald Lake, about half an hour's drive from my house. The glacial silt in the lake gives it the color.
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Then the Yukon Suspension Bridge. This actually was new to both of us as it just opened this spring.
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It crosses the Tutshi River(pronounced Too-Shy).
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The Tutshi is famous among whitewater rafters and kayakers. It is almost always a Class 3 river and frequently a Class 5. Class 5 rapids are considered "a serious threat to life."...which is why I have a sea kayak and not a whitewater!
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Mom on the bridge, trying to disguise her panic!
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We continued on to Skagway, Alaska, where we were shopping fools. Great deals in a seasonal tourist trap at the end of the season!
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We also checked out Dyea, the original landing site for Stampeders during the Gold Rush. There's nothing left of the town anymore, but it's a beautiful park.
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One of the inlets near Skagway.....

More coming

Such pretty pictures! Me, my mom, and my grandma pretended to be tourists this summer and went to Duluth and it was great fun! I think everybody should try being a tourist in their own area as you can have such a great time and really learn to appreciate your town!

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A glacier near Skagway
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Playing with my new zoom lens. I've always wanted to get closer to this waterfall. It's visible from the highway, but it's a long way off!
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Bears were a recurring theme in our Alaskan trip. We saw five black bears on the way home including this little family.
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Momma bear was none to happy to see us and sent her cubs up a tree in a hurry. We decided that even from the truck, it was a bad idea to annoy Momma bear so we moved on!
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My Momma bear cuddling up to a much safer momma bear in Skagway!

Day two coming up

Ok fainting now!
*will scoop litter boxes for floor space* :p

Those are great pictures!! And I have always wanted to see a bear in the wild. I've only seen them in the Wildlife place in Oregon, where you drive through, and the bears were in a fenced in area, I think. Oh well, I can just enjoy your pictures instead. And I did!! :D

Sunday afternoon we headed the opposite direction to the Braeburn Lodge for lunch. I had a very strange phone call from a total stranger on Saturday night telling me that Stuart was on his way home, but had broken down and would be late. I wasn't expecting Stuart for a couple more days at least! I still don't know who it was that called! I decided to give him 24 hours and then I was planning to call the RCMP in the closest village and ask them to take a look for him on the highway.
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Imagine my relief when he walked into the Braeburn Lodge while we were having lunch! I don't think I've ever been so glad to see him! The picture also shows why I always take visitors out to this run down highway lodge! That's a single hamburger Stuart is eating. Even after 20 hours without food, he couldn't finish it! The cinnamin buns are made in a pie plate! It's worth the hour drive just for a bun!
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My redheaded kid finished Stuart's lunch for him!
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Then we checked out the Fox Lake Burn. It was a massive forest fire in 1998, wasn't fully extinguished until the summer of 1999, burned over 45000 hectares. It's interesting to go back every year and see how the forest has regenerated.

It was a very nice, too short visit.

:)

HI, "Mom"!! ;)

And Welcome Back, Stuart (and Red-Headed Camp Dawg)!

Did anyone compliment Stuart on his "trim job" ...
all *spiffied up* and *trimmed up* to see Mom!!

Lookin GOOD, Bud - Lookin GOOD!! :cool:

Sorry to hear Mom is headed back to civilization ... we'll *miss* her! :(
Hope she enjoyed her stay at the Husky Ranch!
(How's the windows look?)

{{{Hugs}}} for "Mom"!

:D

What a magnificent place! Thanks for the photos.

I love the picture of your mom trying to hide her panic. :D I have quite a similar picture of my in-laws in an observation point over a cliff face. Neither of them were good with heights and it certainly shows! Poor things.

Your pictures are always so breathtaking! Thanks for sharing. Glad you and your Mom had a nice visit!

Breath taking pictures!
Thanks for sharing your mom's visit with us!
Glad to see Stuart & Muskwa are back!

How I would love to come and see that!
I'm a cold weather person but my husband up to now made it with me to Northern British Columbia and not any further ;)

Wonderful pics.

You have left me speachless once again Tamara.. just W :eek: W. Thanks so much for sharing with us, i am glad you and your Mom had a nice visit and that Stuart is back home again.

Wonderful piccies! Mom certainly looked happier when she was hugging the tree!

Are you going to hide Stuart's shoes so he has to stay home for good?

Those pictures were awesome!!! All I can say is WOW!

How is Stuart feeling since his accident? (He has to tell you the TRUTH! ;) )