July 4th to 6th - Skagway/Atlin

July 4th - Wed - Skagway
Slept in this morning (after our late night!) and then went to town to take in more 4th activities. Parade at 10 - down the main street, around a block and back up the main street! - and then foot races, etc. We finished going through the shops that we hadn’t gotten to yesterday, got some lunch and came back to the RV park. Not so nice weather today. Very windy last night, cloudy & cool today.
Barb invited us over for (all-American!) hamburgers for dinner today. Larry did a very good job of grilling the burgers and we all ate too much.

July 5th - Thurs - to Atlin
We parted company with Larry & Barb today. They are staying in Skagway and taking a day tour to Juneau while we continue on to Atlin, B.C. The beginning of the road to Atlin is very bumpy gravel and Terry was ready to turn around when we stopped for lunch. Then he looked at the Milepost and saw that the last 18 miles was pavement so decided we would carry on. We are glad that we did - it is a beautiful setting. There was a music & arts festival in Atlin for the weekend so the only RV park with services was full except for a peninsula with dry camping. What a gorgeous setting!!
We stopped for a few groceries and happened to see some T-bone steaks in the little store. They were the best! What a life!

July 6th - Friday - Atlin
Lazy day - wonderful. We visited the tourist center to find out where to do some gold panning. It was a lovely drive - no gold. There are 2 other rigs (traveling together) on the peninsula with us but the people are German and their English is a little rudimentary. We collected wood while we were out and enjoyed a fire and the scenery.
Atlin is on the largest natural lake in B.C. In the lake is an island with the highest peak in fresh water in the world. And Atlin is the northwest-most town in B.C. We really hit the list of superlatives here.