beachlover19762018
Jul 2019
Let me first start by saying our tour guide was a fill-in. He told us the company called him to fill-in because their bus broke down. Sooo, not sure if it would have been different. OUR tour guide, James Valentine, drove his own bus. He owns Skagway in 30-ish, and has lived in Skagway his entire life. He was AWESOME! The tour itself was AWESOME! Scenery driving up to the Yukon Musher’s Camp was beautiful! James suggested we drive straight through up to the camp in order to get there before all the other tour companies (to have the camp to ourselves basically), and then on the way BACK, stop along the way for pictures, etc. That was perfect! Because when we LEFT the camp, there were like 5 buses in the parking lot! All of the people that worked at the Musher’s camp were friendly and knowledgeable. The presentation showing equipment, talking about training, etc, was fantastic! And of course, the dogs ❤️❤️❤️. Our children were in heaven (as were we)! So friendly and sweet. We got to go into a very large enclosed area with the older dogs, where we all got to play with the dogs. We also got to go in an enclosed pen with the sweetest puppies ever (about 6 weeks old). The mama was with the older dogs, but they let her in while we were in the puppy pen to check on her babies. She walked around, nosed each of them, and went back out. SO adorable. 4 people in the puppy pen at one time, pick them up at your leisure, and they have chairs to sit. Kids must sit with puppies. The “sled” ride was so cool! It wasn’t actually a sled because there is no snow. It was a Jeep really with all the dogs attached as if they were on the sled. The driver only gave them a little help going uphill. We saw them in action, they would stop at waters edge, and all beer off path to get in the water and take a drink. They also had plastic wading pools lined up along the way near the water so the dogs could get in if they wanted (and they did!). While they stopped at one point to take a break, the driver got out and offered to take pics of everyone in the Jeep with their own cameras. During the ride, our 3 kids sat in the back seat, my husband and I and another gentleman stood up in the back of the Jeep, and the last person sat in the passenger seat. It was THE best excursion hands down! On the way back, we saw SO much! We stopped at a boat launch area for pics and everyone was skipping rocks in the water, we stopped at Bridal Veil Falls, we saw Tutsi Lake (beautiful untouched mirror image of mountains on the water), and we stopped at all the “Welcome signs” for pics, too! I would recommend this excursion to ANYONE!