Kluane Lake – Who Knew?

Well, we’ll add this one to the list of amazing places we never heard of before. I don’t imagine you end up on the shores of Lake Kluane any other way other than driving the Alcan hiway. The RV park there, “Cottonwood RV Park”, was a class act. In fact, many of the folks staying there stayed twice (on the way up and the way back) because it is so nice.

We messed around mostly trying to fish off the bank, and did manage to get in a nice hike up the Sheep Mountain Trail in Kluane NP. (the lake is just outside the park to the East)

I felt so bad for Kane fishing all day on Sunday without a bite, I told him he could fish in on Monday morning when he got up (we suggested he wait until 7:30). He comes running back in at 7:50 all excited, I figured for sure he caught a lake trout. It turns out, he saw a Grizzly Bear walking about 15 yards away, and ran inside. The owners of the camp said they had not seen any bears this year. Kane said he was “excited and scared… mostly scared”. I felt “excited and dumb… mostly dumb”. The bear was confirmed later by another camper, so he was right about what he saw.

And… we made to to Alaska!!! It’s so cool how you can feel this sense of “homeland” once you cross the border. Also how the actual border is unprotected, just basically a slot cut through the trees, and a sign. Fun having the kids jump back and forth a bit!