This morning before leaving Skagway we took the Scenic White Pass and Yukon Route - Railway of the World!! This unique railway has been in operation since 1898 and was built to transport men to the interior to mine for gold rather a path/road where they had to ride on horseback or walk over the mountains to get to Dawson City. 
By the time the railway was finished (approx 2.5yrs later) the gold rush was over. During the train ride we saw some of the actual paths that the men had to travel and it was very interesting to step back in time. I can't even begin to describe the beauty of the land that we saw on this train ride!! You have to see it to believe it!!As our journey continued on the bikes we saw never ending changes in the landscape and beauty. It went from mountains to huge valleys with the mountains in the distance. Very short little trees, lots of mountains with no trees on them at all, only rocks. Much more snow noticed also on the mountains here. We did hit some rain and in the mountains the temp dropped quite a bit. We saw about 10 elk on the side of the road. They are beautiful animals!! Just before we got into Haines Junction we saw our first grizzly bear!!! That was exciting to say the least and we were certainly happy to be moving fast on our bikes and the bear wasn't near us!
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