B - reporting
After a delicious breakfast at our B&B and a nice chat with our host we set off to explore the town. It was a Ship Day, so everything which had been closed yesterday was open, and the town absolutely teeming with cruise ship passengers. There were about 5,000 visitors. Insane! It was such a contrast to yesterday's empty streets! Very strange to see, a ghost town come to life.
We headed north to the historic Grave Yard, where some of the Gold Rush dead lie. For such a tiny town, Skagway sure has a lot of graves - in 3 graveyards. It really gives one a sense of how many people chased their dreams though here, and of course how many didn't make it. There are tragic tales of avalanches as well as more dramatic deaths from shoot outs. The little town today making all its money from cruise ships survived it all.
We then went back into town (about a mile) after briefly getting lost when we tried to walk by the river. The railway station is right by the harbour, and we mingled with the crowds excursioning on the Yukon and White Pass Railroad, one of the world's Scenic Railroads. We will go on it, as soon as we win the lottery.
More wondering, a bit of souvenier shopping, and we had had enough of crowds so drove out to the abandoned gold rush town of Dyer, in the next valley across. There is not much left now, the forest taking it all back.
It was quite cloudy now, and a bit chilly, so we drove back to the B&B then walked out for dinner, first stopping in the ex-brothel the Red Onion for a couple of drinks. We dined at the Stowaway on fantastic salmon, then went back to yesterday's brew pub where seasonal workers were celebrating (and I mean CELEBRATING!) the end of their season. Fun!
After a delicious breakfast at our B&B and a nice chat with our host we set off to explore the town. It was a Ship Day, so everything which had been closed yesterday was open, and the town absolutely teeming with cruise ship passengers. There were about 5,000 visitors. Insane! It was such a contrast to yesterday's empty streets! Very strange to see, a ghost town come to life.
We headed north to the historic Grave Yard, where some of the Gold Rush dead lie. For such a tiny town, Skagway sure has a lot of graves - in 3 graveyards. It really gives one a sense of how many people chased their dreams though here, and of course how many didn't make it. There are tragic tales of avalanches as well as more dramatic deaths from shoot outs. The little town today making all its money from cruise ships survived it all.
We then went back into town (about a mile) after briefly getting lost when we tried to walk by the river. The railway station is right by the harbour, and we mingled with the crowds excursioning on the Yukon and White Pass Railroad, one of the world's Scenic Railroads. We will go on it, as soon as we win the lottery.
More wondering, a bit of souvenier shopping, and we had had enough of crowds so drove out to the abandoned gold rush town of Dyer, in the next valley across. There is not much left now, the forest taking it all back.
It was quite cloudy now, and a bit chilly, so we drove back to the B&B then walked out for dinner, first stopping in the ex-brothel the Red Onion for a couple of drinks. We dined at the Stowaway on fantastic salmon, then went back to yesterday's brew pub where seasonal workers were celebrating (and I mean CELEBRATING!) the end of their season. Fun!
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| The Y.W.P.R.R. |
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| A 2 cruise Ship day so only about 5000 tourists. (they have 4 ship days!) |
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| One of the pioneer Graveyards |
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| The main drag. |
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