What an unbelievable day.
We woke this morning after sleeping in a bit and grabbed some breakfast. Just out side our state room we could see helicopters taking off and landing and it was a warm (75 degrees) and sunny day. Things looked good for our tour.
We were interested in seeing Jimmy Dunn at 7:00 before dinner so we switched our tour from 4:30 to 12:45. We then walked into the town of Skagway. This is definitely the best place we have been yet. Great scenery, tons of history, and lots of local interesting shops and restaurants. We shopped and explored a bit and headed back to the ship to get ready for our helicopter ride.
No problems with this tour. We took off and flew for about 15 minutes over some of the most awe inspiring scenery either of us have ever seen. It was amazing flying over the ridge line of some mountain and then just watching it fall away on the other side. Mountains and waterfalls, and glaciers, and snow, and sun and many different colors in all of them.
We spent about 30 minutes on the glacier walking around looking at crevaces and holes in the ice and drinking literally glacier fresh water. It was about 20 degrees colder on the glacier and very windy. Our tour guide up there was a native Skagwayan and shared lots on how glaciers are formed and how they move….then another amazing ride back to the heliport.
We ended up saving a couple hundred dollars by having our tour changed like it was and had a much clearer day for flying. It worked out jut fine.
After a quick lunch on the ship we headed to the Yukon Gold Rush National Historic Park and went with a NPS guide on a walking tour of the city. This park actually has two locations with the other one being in Seattle. Ryan Doster and I visited that a few years ago. I remember thinking at that time that it would be quite a trip to Skagway to see the other part of the park…it sure has been.
Before dinner we went to see Jimmy Dunn. I didn’t have super high expectations, but he was awesome! I have never seen Jane laugh so hard. Both of had tears because we were laughing so hard.
Dinner was Fried Feta cheese with watermelons and grapefruit, a nice salad, seafood consommé, grilled chicken, and because I asked our waiter about them I got two entrees. Homemade meatballs with fresh mozzarella cheese over pasta and braised short ribs. I am full!
Oh yeah, killer whales swimming next to the ship were our dinner entertainment.
Tried to find a Whiskey tasting that was supposedly going on, but never did.
Icy Strait Point tomorrow.
We woke this morning after sleeping in a bit and grabbed some breakfast. Just out side our state room we could see helicopters taking off and landing and it was a warm (75 degrees) and sunny day. Things looked good for our tour.
We were interested in seeing Jimmy Dunn at 7:00 before dinner so we switched our tour from 4:30 to 12:45. We then walked into the town of Skagway. This is definitely the best place we have been yet. Great scenery, tons of history, and lots of local interesting shops and restaurants. We shopped and explored a bit and headed back to the ship to get ready for our helicopter ride.
No problems with this tour. We took off and flew for about 15 minutes over some of the most awe inspiring scenery either of us have ever seen. It was amazing flying over the ridge line of some mountain and then just watching it fall away on the other side. Mountains and waterfalls, and glaciers, and snow, and sun and many different colors in all of them.
We spent about 30 minutes on the glacier walking around looking at crevaces and holes in the ice and drinking literally glacier fresh water. It was about 20 degrees colder on the glacier and very windy. Our tour guide up there was a native Skagwayan and shared lots on how glaciers are formed and how they move….then another amazing ride back to the heliport.
We ended up saving a couple hundred dollars by having our tour changed like it was and had a much clearer day for flying. It worked out jut fine.
After a quick lunch on the ship we headed to the Yukon Gold Rush National Historic Park and went with a NPS guide on a walking tour of the city. This park actually has two locations with the other one being in Seattle. Ryan Doster and I visited that a few years ago. I remember thinking at that time that it would be quite a trip to Skagway to see the other part of the park…it sure has been.
Before dinner we went to see Jimmy Dunn. I didn’t have super high expectations, but he was awesome! I have never seen Jane laugh so hard. Both of had tears because we were laughing so hard.
Dinner was Fried Feta cheese with watermelons and grapefruit, a nice salad, seafood consommé, grilled chicken, and because I asked our waiter about them I got two entrees. Homemade meatballs with fresh mozzarella cheese over pasta and braised short ribs. I am full!
Oh yeah, killer whales swimming next to the ship were our dinner entertainment.
Tried to find a Whiskey tasting that was supposedly going on, but never did.
Icy Strait Point tomorrow.
Your helicopter ride sounded awesome. What an experience!
ReplyDeleteYour expertise with fish must have come from your clamming experiences at the spit. You looked very much at home with the crabs etc.
Miss you guys. I found myself watching "Hell's Kitchen" last night!
Much love,
Mom
Hey, guess what Mike found today...So cool to know someone WICKED famous!
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