Sunday 8/25/13 Dease Lake, B.C.

Well, it's been quite a few days since I've been able to get on line with the internet. Lousy service. Let's see, we've been whale watching on a boat trip from Skagway to Juneau. But prior to that, we crossed the Canada U.S. border and heard a noise. Barbara said that it was the wind going thru one of the uprights for the awning. We were about to get to the campground when a man was waiving frantically. I stopped and discovered that the right front tire on the CR-V had blown and the car was riding on the rim. I pulled into the campground parked the motor home and surveyed the damage. We had a little piece of tire left along with a little bit of the undercover under the wheel well. Also missing was the windshield washer reservoir and mechanism. Sooo, I had to get a tire and wheel from the closest place which is Whitehorse, B.C. and that's over 100 miles away.The other alternative was to get the tires and wheel in Juneau and put them on the boat. The tailgunner, Stu, needed tires for his coach and one of the others on the caravan has a pickup truck.So we headed up the road. While there I decided to get all new tires, cha ching. Nothing in Skagway at all just a business called Liarsville Tire and Lube. However, they don't sell tires, go figure. Anyway, we saw quite a few whales on the boat trip, hopefully the pictures will turn out. Prior to Skagway were were in Valdez. This was an interesting boat trip. We saw where the Exxon Valdez went aground and had the oil spill. The third mate was running the ship while the captain was below deck sleeping off a hangover. He was tested eleven hours after the incident and had a blood alcohol level of twice the legal limit. There are quite a few systems put in place now to stop that from happening again.