vegasarnolds: Skagway

3rd port day: Skagway

Today was the coldest day of our trip, it was 54 degrees out and it was quite windy! Jon and I decided to get off the ship on our own to see what there was to do in Skagway before we got the kids off. We found that there wasn't a whole lot to do in Skagway. One thing Skagway is known for is the White Pass Train. We were unable to ride the train because you cross into Canada and must have a valid passport! But we were able to go into the old train station and look around and mail Grandpa Arnold a birthday post card with a train on it! We also walked down to wooden sidewalks and just looked in the windows of the old buildings.

They have a "smart bus" that drives you from the ship into town and then you can take it to this gold mine, old graveyard, and a garden. We were told the gold mine would be a great place for the kids, but after being told another bus would be back in about 30 minutes and we were off the bus we realized it was a tourist trap! We ended up just waiting for the bus to come back and get us and then we took the kids to pick out a t-shirt before heading back to the ship!

Once back on the ship we went to the Blue Lagoon for a snack to tide us over until dinner! I would have to say that was to worst service we received on the ship, but the kids had fun as we had a great view of the helicopters that were landing and taking off every 15-20 minutes from the helipads just off the docks!

All the sidewalks on the main street were made of wood!

Couldn't resist taking this picture!

One of the church buildings we saw on our way to the gold mine. I think that's the smallest meeting house I have ever seen in person!

The front of one of the White Pass trains. It was used to carve through the ice!

This sign was found in the window of almost every store on the main road!

Waiting for the Smart Bus! Seems like we waited forever!

Playing with our silverware!

Madelyn's bracelet collection, its become quite colorful!

We decided to let the kids decide if they wanted to eat dinner in the formal dinning room with us or have dinner at the buffet and go to kids camp! Tonight Aubrey decided she wanted to get dressed up and go to dinner with us, but opted to go swimming before dinner! She is quite the fish and played on the slide and in the pool for about an hour!