Skagway Alaska

Skagway gave us such a fun time on our trip to Alaska ! We splurged and decided to take the White Pass train ride. It was 3 1/2 hours past some beautiful country. We went on the first one of the morning, the sky was blue and the sun was out !We all spent most of the trip out on the platform outside of the cars experiencing the sounds of the steam engine and the many water falls we passed.

Isn't it fun when you give your camera to someone and you get these great shots !
A couple tunnels and bridges, amazing elevation gain up to the snow at the White Horse Pass.

Such beautiful backgrounds in that clean crisp air !

The train ride was a highlight for us all !

After getting off the train we walked into the town of Skagway and stopped at the Skagway National Park office of the Klondike Gold Rush and got another stamp. Then we hit up a quilt shop !!!! Yeah ! After getting to have a fast shopping time there and getting Jamie's ship pass card out from under the boardwalk where it just jumped ( yea for Jeremy with his smooth hands and the kind lady at the quilt store for giving him 2 shelf hangers as retrieval sticks) we were off to have ice cream cones !
We had the rest of the afternoon to go exploring and do some geo caching which took us to some wonderful spots ! Old Train engines, seeing the quaint little town of Skagway and walking the streets where people live...population 800.

A beautiful water fall and an old cemetery from the gold rush days.

And of course by the end of the day we walked our weary feet back to the ship in search of FOOD once again !!!! Skagway was such a quaint little town with alot of personality !
Here is a movie....my first one to try so I hope it works ! Jeremy captured this one for me so you too can feel the rocking of the train and hear the sounds as it approaches another little water fall !