Skagway

Friday, May 10, 2019

I'm here in Skagway about to do a tour of the Klondike Summit.  Once again, we are blessed with good weather.

Our handsome tour guide Paul is as humorous as our guide Kyle in Juneau.  Paul hails from Monterey; each spring he drives his RV along with his companion, a blind dog.  Had he asked me out for a drink.... Right off the bat, he said that all the stories we heard in Juneau were not true and he would give us the inside scoop.  He was too funny.  I appreciated that he pointed out locally owned stores as we went through town. Each year Holland cruise line (if I remember correctly) hosts Prom night for the high school students.  Sweet.

It was breathtaking. The area has had quite a few significant earthquakes the last few years.

We went into Canada; Paul played their national anthem.  We returned back to the U.S. -- he played our anthem.  I've been wanting to do a train ride across Canada....

Omg, on the way back to town, we saw a baby bear!!

Taking in the history.  I also bought a t-shirt from one of the locally owned shops.  And yes, locals sound like Sarah Palin.

Another scene depicting the Gold Rush era.

I enjoyed my visit to Skagway. I don't recall what I did in the evening aboard ship. We do have television, so, I watched a lot of movies during down times. Til our next destination....