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Skagway Slideshow
Skagway
Travel Blogs from Skagway, United States
May 12, 2012
When you have a broken heart, you’ll forget who you are. You’ll lose yourself in the hurt of all the gruesome shards that are stabbing against your lungs and stomach; you’ll be consumed by the sickly feeling you get each time you move ...
Gateway to the Klondike
... the border is Skagway. On both sides of the town are mountains and out in front is an inlet of the ocean, it’s beautiful. Skagway is going on my list of possible future hometowns. :) Skagway was one of the starting points of the gold rush and the ...
Thursday!
Today was the best day I've had in Skagway by far. I did my usual three hours at A Gathering of Spirits in the morning, which was mostly lame. I wish I liked that job more. I still am having trouble with the rock names and knowing which fossils are which, ...
Skagway
We disembarked our ship here and loaded onto a bus that took us to Anchorage where we would catch our train to Denali National ...
Skagway and CarrCross, Briish Columbia, Canada
... the tracks in front of the train. No damage and no major issue except the train had to back all the way into Skagway again. We continued back on the bus and made numerous stops for photos. Be advised, watch carefully for wildlife. ...
Just how many jewelry stores can there be?
... average cost of a house in Skagway? $350,000...and that's pretty much a manufactured home. They do have a very nice little brew pub called whatelse....the Skagway Brewing Co. I highly recommend both the Spruce Tip Ale and the Prospector's ...
Skagway and Moe's
... by a place called the "P Bar." And so we were off, sometime later passing by the town of Haines, less than 20 miles from Skagway by boat, but over 300 by road, as the road travels northward into the Yukon before coming back down and heading ...
WE MADE IT!
... of which is still running to give the cruise-ship passengers a taste of the mountain heights. The border between Canada and the United States lies at the summit of this route, White Pass, but both the Canadian and US border controls lie at considerable ...
White Pass and Yukon Train Ride
... tours of the second floor for the same price as in 1897, $5 for 15 minutes....yikes!! We spent the last couple hours in Skagway wandering through the shops before getting on to the ferry to Juneau, Alaska. Can you say deja vu (oh yes all those ferries ...
Day 10
... up!" I can’t help it if there are so many Kodak moments on this trip! We had a great time in Skagway taking pictures of the trains and cruise ships, gift shopping and eating at a local brewery. Now we’re back in the ...
May 16, 2012
... for a neat adventure in a faraway place. The other 15% are cool,chill, down to earth people who keep coming back to Skagway because they love something here my friend Michelle loves the community and the welcomeness of the people. She's in that 15%. Jamie ...
Saturday!
Another long 8 hours today at AGS. I shrink wrapped prints for three hours in the morning and blew out a fuse in the store and got a headache from the fumes. Besides that, I can't even remember anything significant from the shift. Steve and June did, ...
Skagway, Alaska
... in Skagway Skagway is a terrific walking city, with all the streets conveniently branching off from Broadway. Overview Skagway is a Southeast Alaskan paradise, full of culture and brimming with life. Parts of the city seem stuck in 1897, ...
The Three Hour Tour
We board the train to White Pass in Skagway. The antique diesel engine begins to chug and we are hauled away from the Movie Set Town. A voice chimes in over the intercom and begins to narrate in a lively, sing-songy, very ...
The South Klondike Hwy to Skagway
WhiteHorse to Skagway Since leaving Dawson City our journey has steadily taken us toward Skagway, and eventually the Alaska Marine Ferry away from the Yukon and the North. We haven't been looking forward to leaving, so it was fitting to travel the South ...
Rain, rain, go AWAY!
... . It rained steadily the remaining 2.5 hours. Slow-going at 55 miles per hour. Went through Alaska Customs at Skagway, and the Inspector shook my hand. Larry went ahead of me and told the guy that I was retired from the same ...
Skagway - The land of Wind
... . Of course where we wanted to eat would be at the furthest block from our ship. The restaurant of recommendation was the “Skagway Brewery”, and I will say this is in the top 3 meals I’ve had up to this point. I simply had a ...
The Road from Whitehorse to Skagway
... nbsp; The road was narrow and steep with about a 10% grade climbing up a 3700 ft. summit. Approaching the town of Skagway, the road descended for 7 miles to sea level. During this time we used our diesel engine exhaust brake to slow our ...
Surprising Sights in the Scenic Seas of the South
... überrumpelt. Als im benachbarten Kanada der Goldrausch losbrach, wurde das vom Meer zugängliche, nahegelegene Skagway förmlich überrant, die Population wuchs binnen zwei Jahren von 10 auf 10'000 Einwohner (die grösste Stadt Alaskas!), ...
Chilkoot Trail Hike: Day 4
... best I can. Among the few worthwhile images are of a long-abandoned trestle and a much-photographed curve. We return to Skagway in just enough time to rent a car for tomorrow. While I do that, Terri moves our stuff from the rented backpacks ...
Bag number 2 arrives on its own water plane!
today my luggage came in on its own water plane how cool is that!! YEAH now i have socks and a change of clothes YIPPIE!! Still one bag missing not sure where it is no word on it yet. I worked today so i didn't get off the ship nothing new and exciting ...
Anchorage to Skagway
... problem for me. Next day, I wondered around town, waiting for a hotel room to be available. I wasn't really impressed with Skagway. Its a town that has flourished because of cruise ships. It is built for tourists. And tourists come hopping off of ...
Beautiful Lakes
Skagway is just a little town that was used as a major centre in the gold rush years. There are many many lakes that are very picturesque and then lots of Mountains!!! many still with snow/ice on them. Julia, Keith, Rosie, Robert and I had a 4 wheel drive ...
The Ms Statendam!
... journey of about an hour and half that had breathtaking curves through mountain passes. I bought a DVD of it. Arrived in Skagway about noon, then went directly to the Dog Musher's adventure. They have 300 dogs! We got to be pulled on ...
Skagway - gold rush stampeders and more
... Steve Hites. I take a shuttle to the historic district. The tourist crush is gone and I do parts of the Skagway walking tour to some of the historic buildings including the Moore homestead. I also stop at Bombay Curry for an appetizer ...
Day 4 - Skagway
We had all morning in Skagway before meeting up for the ride. Hans and I had two goals - pick up some better rain gear and get our tacky souvenir shopping done. We got lucky with the gear - Hans got some lobster gloves and we both got another ...
May 17, 2012
... his twin daughters and the occasional help of June, until June retired from her job as a teacher (his daughters are 20 and dont like Skagway in the summer. Their absence is the reason I was hired). This is the first summer she's been here to help 24/7 and ...
Reliving The Gold Rush!
... . We had very friendly and knowledgeable driver cum guide. He explained all the history and interesting stories Gold rush at Skagway. We started our drive across the scenic Skagway-White horse international highway. The Skagway town has only 900 as ...