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Visiting with cousin Brenda.
We went on a bus tour with several different stops. Here we visit a waterfall where the water is very pure and clean. The guide passed out cups so we could get a taste for ourselves.
To me, it tasted like...water!!
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Check out everyone's cups!!
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If you look at the next two pictures of Emily really fast, it's almost like she's coming alive!!
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The Manos and Raglund families live in the same community, here demonstrating a copy of their community newsletter also visiting Alaska.
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People will do anything for this water!!
Very scenic view of a long waterfall across the canyon.
And some guy.
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I'm still trying to get in the picture.
We drove into Canada briefly. Then we turned around and got a picture at the sign welcoming people to Alaska.
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The lake down below is where the tour guide had seen bears in the past.
None happened by while we were there, however.
We stopped at a little lookout point with a view of the city and the Skagway airport, big enough for small planes.
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At the end of the bus tour, we had a little hike around the famous cemetery. There were some fairly old headstones that were actually made of wood....
headwoods?
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Behind the cemetery, we had a little hike up to a waterfall, here behind MW and Aunt Gloria. Very pretty scenery, even though I could hear creaking knees from among my fellow hikers.
Arthur, Judy, Chuck, Gloria.
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(...sound of creaking...)
:)
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In many creeks we could see salmon swimming.
They looked awfully tired.
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