Skagway, Alaska

Hello everyone!  I started doing a little digging around about the Ports of call that we will be visiting.  Here is a little information about Skagway, Alaska.  We will be visiting here on Monday, 8/19.

Let’s start off with some FREE activities that you can do:

1.   Stop by the Skagway Visitor Center in AB Hall on Broadway between 2nd and 3rd.
2.   Pick up a copy of the Skaguay Alaskan – Guide to Skagway.
3.   Walk out to the Gold Rush Cemetery and Reid Falls.
4.   Stroll the restored Historic Boardwalk of Broadway in the Skagway Historic District.
5.   Enjoy a walking tour of the Historic District with the National Park Service ranger.
6.   Visit the Klondike Gold National Historical Park Visitor Center at the corner of 2nd and Broadway.
7.   Watch the film “Days of Adventure/Dream of Gold” at the corner of 2nd and Broadway.
8.   Stroll by the Skagway school completed in 1985, located at the corner of 15th and Main Streets. It was built as a commitment to the future and offers a comprehensive academic and activity program to the students in grades K-12.
9.    Tour the unique shops in Skagway.
10.  Photograph the McCabe / City Hall building.
11.  Drive or walk to the Lookout on Dyea Road.
12.  Hike to Lower Dewey Lake.
13.  Hike the A.B. Mountain Trail.
14.  Stroll out to Yakutania Point.
15.  Relax in Molly Walsh or Pullen Creek Park.
16.  Watch salmon spawn in August - Pullen Creek.
17.  Take a break in the local library featuring Gold Rush books and resource material.
18.  Stop and smell the fragrance of the many beautiful flowers in Alaska’s Garden City.
19.  Take a Dyea Townsite Bushwhack tour led by the National Park Service.
20.  Pick-up a self-guided walking tour from the Visitor Information Center.

Here is the official Skagway page:

http://skagway.com/

Here is a neat website that has webcams that you can view during the Alaska travel season to see what is going on during the day:

http://www.wpyr.com/explore/webcam.html

Chamber of commerce
http://www.skagwaychamber.org/

Here is a good day’s tour that I read about on another blog:
1.        A nostalgic tour of the town with Skagway Street Car Company.
2.       Lunch at Stowaway Café
3.       A short journey outside of town to the ghost town Dyea
4.       A four-hour scenic journey aboard the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad

Here was another website with some great ideas:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/alaska/skagway/things-to-do

The following website had some great excursion ideas.  I personally thought the Chilkoot Trail Hike and Float Tour.  It sounded like a great excursion.  A little hiking and a little raft ride.  I also liked the sound of the Liarsville Rush Camp, Gold Panning and Salmon Bake Combo.  And the last one I liked was the Scenic River Float Tour.

http://www.viator.com/Skagway/d943-ttd

Enjoy!