AlaskaPeeks: June 27, 2013 Thurs, Day 16

June 27, 2013 Thursday Day 16 Skagway
Left Ferry at 3:00 am, check in to the Westmark and got a few hours sleep.

There are not too many tourist on the street, they must have stayed on the ship because of all the rain.

Left hotel at 9:00 to tour Skagway

Rain Rain Rain
Skagway has boardwalks through out the town, this
was to deal with the mud in the old days before paved streets.

Down Broadway Street
Can not see the mountains, too much fog and rain.

Bikes for rent.

This building is all covered with drift wood.

Bits of Broadway
648 Broadway
We found our favorite cafe, best food in town.
When we were here last year we ate here all the time.

Owners Skipper and Nils were great, a friendly place with great home made goodies.
All the food is home made.
Their families were visiting and mom was baking cakes.
We had German chocolate cake and a strawberry cake.
Stayed for an hour talking to other customers.

Miner's Cache -cute store filled with neat and interesting stuff!
6th Street off Broadway, around the corner from Bits of Broadway Cafe
Shirley Mitchell does fish rubbing & nature printing
I found my Raven earning in her store. It is the first and only time I have ever found Raven earning.

I have never seen any Raven earnings. These are made from horn.

you can see some mountains peeking through the fog

Fog is slowly lifting. White Pass train.

This engine was used to clear the snow from the railroad tracks so trains could travel.
Sometimes the pass gets snow in July and August and they still use a plow car like this one.

These trains still run giving tourist rides up to the pass and two days a week you can go over the pass.
The train will take you to Carcross and back.
We didn't ride the train because the fog was so thick and $149 each was too much to pay to just see the fog.
When we leave Skagway we will ride over the pass to Carcross in the Raven.

Railroad Depot

Sharon on the caboose

White Pass Depot

White Pass Museum

Museum display of miner hiking over White Pass.

Each miner had to carry this amount of supplies over the mountain, about two tons.

Gold in the vault in Skagway bank.

Saddles for dogs to carry packs over White Pass.

Old Bank display in museum

Saloon in Skagway
This bar was brought by train from Chicago.

Shop on Broadway, owned by local, where I purchased my Seal rib bone beads.
You will see the necklace later.

Dinner at the Red Onion.
This saloon has tours of the upstairs bordello from the 30's

Bob already picked up a Saloon Girl!

The bar and dinning room has these bed pans at the top of the ceiling, they go all around the room.

Our dinner, of course a pizza, Bob's favorite.

Red Onion was a popular saloon/bordello during the gold rush days.
Now it is a favorite restaurant and bar.
We called it a night and went back to hotel with our left-over pizza.

I got bored on the rainy day and had to string this necklace
Three turquoise and two coral stones I bought in Juneau
The small squarish beads are seal ribs bone.
They were bought in a store here in Skagway, they come in a little bag full.
I used a double strand of dental floss to string the beads so I could wear them on the trip.