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Photo Time! Sailing down the Lynn Canal . Cheese Ravioli Shanghai Pork Pot Stickers Eldred Rock Lighthouse Roma Tomato Salad Asian Noodle Salad So we asked our waiter to see a kids menu for reference for our friends on a future cruise. Mediterranean Sirloin Beef Brochette - This was fabulous Breaded Flounder Filet Our server let us order the chicken tenders from the kids menu. They were yummy. I would order them again! Scanned copy of the kids menu Chocolate Espresso Cake Traditional English Cherry Trifle We just kind of chilled after dinner. We went back to the room and watched the scenery pass by out the balcony. We also just watched a bit of TV and relaxed. Hubbard Glacier is tomorrow!
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After wandering around town a bit, we headed back towards the boat. Back onboard, the tide had come up a lot. We watched the helicopters take off and land from the helicopter base. Finally it was time to pull out of Skagway You can see how much the tide dropped in the amount of time from when we got back till when we departed.
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I spy some Cruise ships! The gentleman holding the phone is our friend, Mark, and his wife, Julie, to the left were on this cruise with us. We didn't know they were going to be on the same sailing until embarkation morning. I got these pictures stealthfully! 2023 is the 125 anniversary of the White Pass & Yukon Route. They had a bunch of cool special gear. I made sure to get the hat that you can only get onboard the train. So if you want a hat, bring cash with you. A little blurry, but this train was following us down. Crossing the East Fork Skagway River at Denver Almost back into Skagway We finally made it back! We had an awesome time! We always recommend the train to anyone going to Skagway. If any of you have some free time, and would like to relive a past trip on the White Pass or have never been on it. We attached the GoPro to the window of the train car and filmed up and back down the pass. So here is the complete White Pass Summit Excursion Train Excursion!
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Susan captured this shot of Parker with a boy on our train. Parker was so awesome with him! Time to head back down the pass So nice of the White Pass to park their Tinker Toys in front of the recreation cabin and flags at the border. They ruin a perfect photo opportunity. The obelisk is the actual US - Canada Border. The US/Canada Boundary Commission puts these up along the entire length of the US -Canada Border. Back in the US Another shot of the trail
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So the original plan was to go to lunch at Skagway Brewing Company. Unfortunately, due to the change in Shore Excursion time, it was off to the Garden Cafe instead. We would have eaten in the MDR, but the MDR was closed while in port. Once we finished, we grabbed what we needed for our excursion and headed to the train which was parked shipside. That is the one benefit to booking the White Pass through the ship is you can catch it next to the ship instead of heading downtown to catch the train. Starting up the rails along the Skagway River We were seated in the car with Parker, who was doing the commentary for the entire train. The nice thing about that is once he did the generic train commentary, he would elaborate more for the people in our car. Bonus! Susan enjoying the start of our train ride up ad back down! Believe it or not, this is our 4th time on the White Pass, and the first time we have done the summit excursion train and gone up White pass aboard the train. We have always driven up the pass and ridden the train back down. At Denver, we were allowed to go out on the platforms if we so desired. Crossing the East Fork Skagway River These were not as clear as I would have like them to be. Too much motion. You can see the ships way down there in Skagway. Alaska Highway 98 - The Klondike Highway climbing out of Skagway up White Pass. The creek is really far down there That one is a bit better!
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After the Museum, it was about time for the early early trains to return to Skagway, so I headed over to Skagway Junction. Susan capturing another of me! This one I am going to submit to the 2023 WP&YRR Photo Contest Train reversing out of the main depot and heading for the railroad dock switcher coming back out - its all decked out for 4th of July tomorrow
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We headed over by the main depot of the White Pass & Yukon Route The depot is next door to the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. It had been a few years since we were here last (2019 for me; 2018 for Susan). Interesting fact: Someone walked the Chilkoot trail with a google camera and did a Google Street view map of the entire trail. Street view map of Skagway - Check it out on Google if your interested. Its pretty cool.
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Being a railfan, I set up my camera gear next to the railroad tracks at the trailhead. I wanted to catch the morning trains departing Skagway. 3001 rounds the corner leading the first train from the Ore Dock. You can see the tripod. There was someone else set up filming the train as well. Susan got this one of me as the train was going by!