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Friday 2 September – part six: a true highlight of Skagway
By now, it was starting to drizzle a little bit, so I asked Sue if she wanted to go up to Skagway Museum, as I knew it was at the end of town. Of course, when I say the end of town, I mean all seven blocks of it. We decided that we should before the weather got any worse, although it took us some time to get there, because we all kept stopping at various shops along the way. It was certainly a pretty lively town now, with two other cruise ships, Carnival and Princess, in port along with us today. We learnt later why Brian, our bus driver, had been plugging going to stores that sold genuine Alaskan items, as Barb and Bob told us at dinner that apparently a lot of stores in the town are owned by Carnival.
Eventually, we made it to the museum and on the way up there, found live and dead salmon swimming upstream. It’s part of the natural circle of life, but it was disturbing all the same. I couldn’t get great photos of them though.
We headed into the museum, paying our $2 each. Brian had told us that it would take about three minutes to tour, but my Dorling Kindersley guidebook awarded it a star, which not many places get, so I figured we’d still give a go. I’m glad we did, as there was a lot to see in there and some of it was quite odd stuff that you wouldn’t necessarily expect to find in a museum. It was kind of a bit of a mish-mash of things, but I liked that. It gave you a useful insight into the history of the place and we certainly spent a lot longer than three minutes in there, probably a good 20 minutes or so. It’s well worth a visit.
They had some amazing photos in here
Once we finished in there, we headed back down the other side of the main road, again stopping at various shops. That included a sweet shop, so Steve could get some ice cream. It was too cold for me, so I passed...
The picture of the cruise ship at the end of the street kind of reminds me of the end of Duvall Street in Key West! Only I'm betting it's a lot colder in Alaska right now than in the Keys!
Great pictures and that little museum looked quite interesting--seems like it captured the eclectic flavor and history of the past 100 years or so of Alaska.
Looking forward to more of your TR!
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I'm wondering, did you get the feel that the cruise passengers really "invaded" that cute little town? Must be weird living in such a remote location but still have thousands of tourists wander around all the time.
Skagway looks like a quaint town to visit! How annoying that many of the stores are owned by Carnival. I always try to buy genuine merchandise from wherever I am traveling.
The picture of the cruise ship at the end of the street kind of reminds me of the end of Duvall Street in Key West! Only I'm betting it's a lot colder in Alaska right now than in the Keys!
Great pictures and that little museum looked quite interesting--seems like it captured the eclectic flavor and history of the past 100 years or so of Alaska.
Looking forward to more of your TR!
You are right - it is similar, but as you say, I bet the temperatures aren't!
I'm wondering, did you get the feel that the cruise passengers really "invaded" that cute little town? Must be weird living in such a remote location but still have thousands of tourists wander around all the time.
I'm sure it must be like an invasion, but it handles the crowds very well.
$2, wow what a bargain for a museum! I'd pass on the ice cream too... Brrrr......
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We decided that we should before the weather got any worse, although it took us some time to get there, because we all kept stopping at various shops along the way. It was certainly a pretty lively town now, with two other cruise ships, Carnival and Princess, in port along with us today. We learnt later why Brian, our bus driver, had been plugging going to stores that sold genuine Alaskan items, as Barb and Bob told us at dinner that apparently a lot of stores in the town are owned by Carnival. 
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