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  • Here's one now. Don't look at her
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  • In this episode, Indy takes on the evil Dr. Iditarod and his fiendishly clever machine, the Giant Nipple of the North.
  • Day 6: The gateway to the Yukon
  • Whatchamacallit Island. Here, so the story goes, banished miscreant natives were sent to contemplate their wrongdoing
  • Behold the tourist, festooned with tourist accoutrements
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  • Token Choo-choo portrait
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  • Pipeline in background provides hydroelectric power to the town of Skagway. Obviously not everyone is impressed by that.
  • Pit stop on the way to the Yukon. Refresh, visit the gift shop and cross our bridge to nowhere
  • Behold the tourist's wife
  • Note the gray, silt-filled water that is characteristic of glacial runoff
  • "Pardon me, boy, is that the Transylvania Choo-choo?"
  • Mystereous lake. Native legend held that if you put your hand in the water you would summon demons from the depths of the lake which would devour you.
  • Cantiliver bridge over gorgeous gorge
  • One of two young women who train the dogs here. She worked like mad to harness the dogs for our ride and was covered in dust that the dogs kick up as they run. These dogs were so excited to go
  • Dog sled harnesses
  • Mandatory Neener, neener, we beat the demon portrait
  • Sled dog compound at Yukon Pit Stop; this location is operated by world-famous taxidermist couple. None of the dogs, as far as we could tell, were stuffed
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  • Obligatory "Aawww!" photo of baby sled dog
  • Larger than life and colder than a titches wit.
  • Some modern travelers feel compelled to challenge the legend of the demon.
  • Lucky for you the demon is on vacation in Hawaii this week.
  • "Pick me, pick me! I'm next!
  • Day 5:Juneau is not accessible by road.
  • Off to see Juneau, the girls feel no fear as they are accompanied by Indiana T. (Queue theme music)
  • Attack of the soggy tourists
  • Pretty much Juneau
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  • Called fireweed because it is first to sprout after a fire
  • Cindy wants to know if there'll be gift shops in Juneau.
  • Salmon spawning in a stream
  • Cold and rainy
  • The Mendenhall Quartet
  • Melt water cascades from the base of the glacier. The volume of water coming off of the glacier is staggering.
  • Perfect spot for a bear.
  • Glacial runoff
  • Mandatory glacier portrait
  • Model shows the Juneau icefield and the glaciers that come off of it.
  • The Zaandam and a Celebrity ship get buzzed by a float plane
  • Ketchican harbor, crack of dawn
  • Off the ship at 6:00 a.m. ready for our first Alaskan excursion, seal clubbing. No, we went to Misty Fiords. Seal clubbing was sold out.
  • The Island Princess
  • Back on shore, Mary is attacked by a wooden eagle
  • Day 4: Grab your totem and let's get us some salmon!
  • Mist in the fiord
  • My fiord honey
  • Expected fiord portrait
  • Two ladies of Creek St. In earlier times this area of town was populated with bordellos and saloons, an always popular combination
  • Mandatory Ketchican totem portrait. You've left your car in the "Man-with-the -bird-on-his-head" parking section
  • Bruce and Cindy, still jazzed from their zipline adventure, join Mary on the boardwalk
  • Having seen all of Ketchican, our band of travelers heads back to the ship.
  • Local color
  • But first, some shopping
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