Our last night in Sitka [View all]
We've had such a beautiful time here. The sunset tonight was gorgeous, made even more special by the drumming and singing of eight Native girls atop Castle Hill, an early stronghold of the Kiksadi Tlingit clan. It's a very historic spot, the place where the Russian governors lived in the late 1700s and early 1800s and where Alaska was officially transferred from Russia to the US in 1867. We've had a great time and I'm having to drag my husband away from here. 
Tomorrow we take the ferry back to Juneau where we'll spend another two nights. There will only be two cruise ships in instead of the four that were there last week, so we might be able to spend a little bit of time in town without getting stampeded by tourists. It was insane when we were there before...we didn't even try to get out and walk.
Then we're going to Skagway for a night, Whitehorse for a night, Tok for a night and back home. The Top of the World Highway is still closed because of our late spring, so we'll skip Dawson this trip. The forecast is for good weather the rest of our time out. 
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