Another day with no rain…but threating! One of the highlights of this trip for me was going to be the White Pass train trip. And it was not disappointing as the climb to Fraser BC Canada from Skagway was very interesting.

It is difficult to imagine the hardships the prospectors endured trying to get to the gold fields in the Klondike. Thousands climbed the trail to the pass to get a chance to be a winner in the gold fields only to arrive there to discover that most of the land was already claimed, probably years before they planned their trip.   On top of that the Canadian government insisted that no one arrived without provisions for a whole year, roughly 2000 lbs. of supplies. So many ended up working for other miners or finding nefarious ways to cash in on the fever: swindlers, prostitutes, gamblers etc. all made more money than almost all of the prospectors. Very, very few hit the mother lode.

The pictures of the train trip and the bus trip back fills out the story.