Just a day trip. Today we'll move to Whitehorse and spend the night somewhere near town. Tomorrow we'll attend mass then drive out to Destruction Bay for a day or two. Then cross the border to spend the summer in Alaska cruising around. It's really nice being self contained, all we need is a safe place off the road.
Yesterday we drove in to Skagway for a few hours. Gladly there were only 2 large cruise ships and one small one. We made our way down Broadway, the main drag, along with hundreds of other tourists. Had lunch at a little restaurant with “Cruise Ship” prices. We had two fish tacos and a fish sandwich for $43! AMERICAN not Canadian! We followed up later with a fry bread for dessert. I thought about getting the "1 king crab leg" but for $60 figured I'd pass. Hopefully in Alaska we'll be able to buy them fresh off the boat for a better price. And we brought crawfish boil with us! That should flush out any other cajuns when we start the boiler!
We did a short uphill hike to the Gold Rush Cemetery and the Lower Reid Falls just outside of town.
We then took a drive up the Dyea Road outside of town to a lookout over the town of Skagway. And saw the remains of a sunken ship at the end of the fjord.
As the locals told us, the drive down to Skagway is a beautiful drive and well worth it. The town of Skagway is for the tourist, the typical tourist town. I don't know how the locals can afford to live in these places. Filled up the truck for $3.90/gallon US prices.
Then I decided the coach needed a bath since it was filthy after going through a few construction zones in the rain. Pulled into the wash area, popped in a loonie and wet it down, actually 2 loonies. Then Cindy and I got out the bucket and soap and washed it down since the carwash was out of soap. And as you might expect it started raining! But we now have a clean coach!
Yesterday we drove in to Skagway for a few hours. Gladly there were only 2 large cruise ships and one small one. We made our way down Broadway, the main drag, along with hundreds of other tourists. Had lunch at a little restaurant with “Cruise Ship” prices. We had two fish tacos and a fish sandwich for $43! AMERICAN not Canadian! We followed up later with a fry bread for dessert. I thought about getting the "1 king crab leg" but for $60 figured I'd pass. Hopefully in Alaska we'll be able to buy them fresh off the boat for a better price. And we brought crawfish boil with us! That should flush out any other cajuns when we start the boiler!
We did a short uphill hike to the Gold Rush Cemetery and the Lower Reid Falls just outside of town.
We then took a drive up the Dyea Road outside of town to a lookout over the town of Skagway. And saw the remains of a sunken ship at the end of the fjord.
As the locals told us, the drive down to Skagway is a beautiful drive and well worth it. The town of Skagway is for the tourist, the typical tourist town. I don't know how the locals can afford to live in these places. Filled up the truck for $3.90/gallon US prices.
Then I decided the coach needed a bath since it was filthy after going through a few construction zones in the rain. Pulled into the wash area, popped in a loonie and wet it down, actually 2 loonies. Then Cindy and I got out the bucket and soap and washed it down since the carwash was out of soap. And as you might expect it started raining! But we now have a clean coach!
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