Thursday, October 9, 2008

Skagway, Alaska * Day Eight 08-26-08

The cruise for our tour group ended at Skagway after three great days on the ship. The other passengers continued for a few more days. Boomtown Skagway grew by leaps and bounds during the Klondike Gold Rush in the mid 1890s. Skagway still has many of the historic Gold Rush buildings. Welcome to the land of the midnight sun!

They once served great meals in this saloon. The service is pretty 'dead' today.

They are having a stiff drink, or maybe it is these 'stiffs' are having a drink.

The Arctic Brotherhood Hall is covered with antlers. The tourist enjoy walking on th wooden sidewalks of this quaint frontier town.

This is the famous Red Onion Saloon in Skagway. Many women had night 'jobs' here back in the Gold Rush Days in the 1890s.

This nice lady let me sit in her carriage while she was letting her horses rest after taking tourists on city tours.

Papa Ken reached into the water and touched a salmon. He said the water was very cold.

Can you see the salmon in the water?

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