Jay’s Internet Log

Today was completely awesome.  We woke up at 5:00AM and went up to the breakfast buffet to watch our entrance into my favorite Alaskan town:  Skagway.  As I arrived onto the deck, I noticed a large Princess ship coming in behind us.  At this point I didn’t know which ship it was, but it turned out to be the Sapphire Princess.  After we docked, I recorded it docking, a process which took over 36 minutes, but I plan on speeding it up so it takes much less than that.  I hope it works.  We disembarked the ship at 7:45AM and boarded the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad to take a trip up 3000 feet to the White Pass Summit and into Canada.  I love trains, and this was a great trip, especially on the way down because the engine switches sides at the top and we ended up being the last car on the way down, so the sites were fantastic.  After the three hour ride, we had lunch, then walked around the small town of Skagway.  It still has the old western feel to it that I remember, and we bought a totem pole.  This totem pole is unlike any other we’ve seen this trip, and we met the designer of it.  He autographed it for us, which was really nice.  We visited the Sarah Palin Store and bought a magnet.  Heather tried on a really nice fur hat, but we didn’t buy it.  We also saw a Bassett Hound eating ice cream.  We saw a traffic jam, which consisted of a train and two cars.  When we got back to the ship, we saw a local man sing and tell poems about the history of Alaska.  I had the best dinner of the cruise so far.  It consisted of a pineapple appetizer, French Onion Soup, then Duck in Asian sauce, a Ribeye steak, and a Turkey Pot Pie.  For dessert I had pineapple orange ice cream.  It was great.  There isn’t a show tonight as we’re just leaving Skagway after being here for twelve hours, so instead, we’re going to bed early as tomorrow we have an early rise to hopefully view some more wildlife and glaciers.