Skagway

We arrived in Skagway day five. This is the starting point for many adverturers during the historic Gold Rush of 1898. It became our favorite port. At least for Chad and I because it was not nearly as commercialized as Ketchikan and Juneau.

The town is partially preserved by the National Park Service where they have an office and museum right in town and keep up and preserve a number of buildings around town. We took their hour long park ranger guided walking tour of downtown where we learned ALOT about the Klondike gold rush and found the whole ordeal these gold-rushers went through to have been tremendously difficult.

We took a bus tour to the White Pass. It was so beautiful. The road gets very high and the edge is very steep. Gotta love those mountain passes. The air grew very cool and the plants and lakes were beautiful. So few people actually live there that the land is practically untouched and remains in it's natural state it's been in for decades. My pictures should show how much I enjoyed it.

That night was the Mystery Dinner Theater performed by some of the Royal Caribbean singers and dancers. It was held at Portofino's, the ship's Italian restaurant. The dinner included a performance, wine and a five-course menu. It was a nice meal but the theater was pretty cheesy. We still had fun as we were able to meet some of our fellow cruisers and chat during dinner which we all enjoyed.