June 28, 2013 Fri. Day 17

Skagway One More Day!
Yay!  No Rain

Devil's Claw on the Raven

Bob and Rafael Clavero
Alaska Fur Gallery
Bob saw a jacket he loved but too expensive for our taste.

Bob in Good Conversation at Bits of Broadway Cafe
This man was born and raised in Skagway.

Bob really misses our dogs!

Shopping for a gift for our wonderful house and doge sitter, Kierstyn Hollibaugh.
Light cotton and shinny, perfect for her trip to Las Vegas in August.

More gifts for Kierstyn, a light up pen and a good luck voodoo doll.

Broadway
The mountains are visible today and the tourist are coming out to shop.

Horse carriage rides down Broadway Street.

This is one of the jewelry stores owned by the cruise lines.  There are at least ten of these stores on Broadway St.
Notice the salesmen standing in their suit and tie, looking like vultures ready to make a killing.

What a great house.
It is owned by a contractor in town, very nice guy.

This car was in front of an antique store I had to check out. I didn't purchase a thing,
looks like I already have everything thats in the store. 

Old vault from the Gold Rush Days

Rock garden at the rock shop.

I purchased a piece of Alaskan Jade and a fish bone fossil.
I will make a necklace of these relic when I get home.

The mountains in the background make a beautiful setting for all the old buildings on Broadway St.

As you walk around the town and rail road station you can't help but feel like you are back in time,
during the Gold Rush Days.

Statue in Memorial park to depict the natives guiding the miners through the pass.

The man who did the sculpture just died on June 13, 2013.
He and his son died in a plane crash.

The picture of the artist and his son was just placed there last week. 

I couldn't resist taking this picture from my hotel balcony.
Suitcases being loaded onto bus, last night the room boys carried all the cases to rooms,
now this morning loading back on cruise ship bus.
Since the first day of our trip we have seen thousands of people travelling to Alaska!

Bob spoke to the travelers.
Bikes parked are just on the way back home from a rally in Dawson Yukon Territory.