Teslin Yukon Territory

Well, we are back in civilization and are at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota, but we'll get to that latter. While in Alaska and on the return trip it was difficult to get adequate internet service, so we were off line for awhile. We're back and will pick up where we left off  at our next stop Teslin and the Tlingit culture center. We will be telling our story with pictures in order to speed up the process of getting to Alaska and the return trip. I'm tired all ready. Here we go.

By the way, I will be trying to date each post with the real date of occurrence. Some folks are having trouble with the videos so I will post them on you tube at the same time as I post them here.


As it was all through Canada, the scenery was simply breathtaking.

There is a narrow steel decked bridge crossing the Teslin River. Perhaps it was because we were on the road, but even this sort of thing was entertaining. Hell, it was awesome!

As we noted before, Canadians seem to be in love with statues and Teslin was no different.

 









Lupines were all over the highway right of way and made some very interesting flower arrangements for the traveler.

 We never figured out what these flowers were, but when mixed with lupines were quite showy.

The violet-green swallows were great fun to watch as they fed on the local bug population.

The cliff swallows with their orange throats and white foreheads seemed more aggressive than the violet-green swallows.

No trip to Tlingit territory would be complete without checking out the totems. Like this one representing the eagle.

Beaver totem.

Wolf totem

You have to love the Frog totem.

The Raven totem

The beaver totem is easy to identify. Each totem represents a family of Tlingit.

Native canoes in the traditional shape but constructed with modern materials and modern tools. I was somewhat disappointed in these since I was hoping to see a real reproduction. Oh well !