Back to Canada

We arrived in Skagway, the home of many gold rushers who never made it to the land of gold, to some overcast skies and some intermittent rain ... first time the sun wasn't shining since we started our vacation! We looked back to our ship to see all of our life boats down and out on the water ... they were doing a safety check! Glad they do this sometimes.

We had the opportunity to visit another dog sled facility. This one was much smaller than the last one ... they only had 10 dogs here but we did learn a few more things that are required to participate in the Iditarod. Check out these boots.

And, we got to hold more puppies!!

From there, we took a ride on the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, which goes all the way to the Yukon, something else on our Bucket List however, we didn't get the right tickets so we only made it as far as Fraser, BC. Beautiful scenery for sure but somewhat disappointing.

The ride up was on a bus about 5 minutes into BC, then we rode the Alaska Yukon Railway back down to Skagway.  Some pretty great scenery and scary trestles to cross.

I was feeling pretty tired today after last nights events.  While walking down the streets of Skagway, we bumped into Dave and Cheryl and decided to visit a local saloon. Juneau has one called the Red Dog Saloon, which we somehow avoided, but not today.  The Red Onion was in our sights.

My last drink yesterday was in this Saloon.  I drank water at dinner and while Barb wanted to dance the night away at the 50s - 60s party on the ship,  I just couldn't do it.  Might have been the shooter I had with my shooter buddy after dinner tonight. 

We must slow down, we are up early tomorrow to search for Alaskan Brown Bears and Whales.  From my buddy Dave and I,  good night!