We got to Skagway Sunday afternoon and I started feeling very poorly. Spent Monday and Tuesday in bed. Didn't miss much as it rained the entire time we were in Skagway. It was amazing to see how many cruise ships make stops there.
Didn't feel real good yesterday but decided to try to make Teslin. I was doing ok until we cleared Canadian Customs 10 miles from Skagway. They made us pull over, put the slides out and get out of the coach for 45 minutes while they searched for contraband. The Canadians have a hard time believing that if you have Texas plates you are not packing heat. I mentioned this to them and they said it was a random search to which I replied, "you're right at 100% for the number of times we've crossed the border.
We were allowed to stand under an awning but with the wind and the rain it didn't afford much shelter. I was wearing thermals, turtleneck shirt with a flannel shirt on top with a heavy coat and I still got cold.
After being allowed back in we could not find Stella. She got so scared she holed up some place new. Abby rattled a food dish and about 10 minutes later Stella reappeared.
About 30 minutes down the road I had a relapse and started the chills and shaking and we pulled over for an hour. Abby wrapped me in blankets until I stopped shaking. It is a little early in the year for flu but that's what I have. We had to stop every 30 minutes for bathroom breaks. We got to our destination at 6:30 and I basically crashed. They have a nice restaurant on site and Abby got some chili to go.
We are going to try to make it to Watson Lake today as I 'm feeling better. Watson Lake is where we put the Woodlands sign up 2 months ago.
