The ride from Haines Junction to Skagway is sensory overload. It has everything. Waterfalls, glaciers, lakes, mountains, suspension bridges...and the road is nice and twisty. It was a bit chilly and I wasn't in the mood to stop and take pics. But I did enjoy the ride!!!
Skagway...tourist central. Fun little touristy place catering to the 'cruisers'. Cruise ships pull in and out of here like Grand Central Station. The town goes from zero to 100 as soon as the boats start letting people off.
Here's the sign you'd see as you come into town from a cruise ship...
Cruise ships, trains, and mountains.
One of the Norwegian cruise ships. Another to the right. And yet another to the left, not in the pic.
Walking into town from the dock.
Chances are if you've taken an Inside Passage Cruise, you've taken this train, as a shore excursion, into The Yukon and back.
This baby used to clear snow off the train tracks...
Early morning Skagway, it's just starting to get busy, cruisers are on their way in, off the ships...it gets crowded!
But after 9 PM, when the cruisers are back on their ships, Skagway turns into a ghost town...sort of.
We we enjoying a couple spirits at The Red Onion Saloon and were told of The Bonanza Bar, where all the locals congregate after they get off work.
Joe, who we met in the bar and is a chef in town, and Deb, who is a bartender in The Red Onion Saloon, invited us to join them at The Bonanza Bar for karaoke. We did, it was a frickin blast! No Scott nor I did any singing. However Joe and Deb performed admirably ;-)
The Morning Wood Hotel, not only is a hotel, but a bar that stay's open until 5 AM, closes until (supposedly) 8 AM, then opens again. It is Skagway's 'after hours' bar.
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