Up early this morning, we have docked in Skagway which is as far North in Alaska as we are going. Skagway is another small town, surrounded by gorgous scenery and snow capped mountains. The ship is docked almost right in town, when looking out from the bow it feels like you have run aground. We are going on the train today up to the White Pass Summit - the train is parked right outside the ship. After breakfast in bed, what a treat, we are off. The train goes right up into the mountains and follows the route of the miners back in the day when they were heading up looking for gold, tough terrain i can tell you. The scenery is spectacular, the train trip is 3 hours return and goes right into the Yukon at White Pass summitt - this is where we head back down the mountain to the town. 
The town is really like an old mining village with just a few streets and architecture very similar to those old days, even a saloon with a bordello which you can have a tour around. Of course four cruise ships in so lots of tourists and lots of tourist shops! Skagway is much smaller than Juneau and that wasnt big!
See more pics here: http://picasaweb.google.com/sbramhall/Day4Skagway##
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