Alaska Cruise
July 2014

7:00 am	Arrive in Skagway
8:45 am-4:30 pm	Denver Valley Hike & White Pass Rail (7.75 hr) – Me
8:30 am-12pm	White Pass Rail & Klondike Hwy (3.5 hr) – Kim/Sarah
12pm-1pm	Lunch at Jewell Gardens – Kim/Sarah
1pm-4:30 pm	Jewell Gardens – Kim/Sarah
4:30 pm	explore Skagway (finally got usable wifi at Skagway's library!)
9:00 pm	Depart Skagway (8:30 dinner in main dining room)

Kim & Sarah wanted to visit the Jewell Gardens, so they went on the shorter White Pass Rail excursion while I went on the excursion that included a hike through the rainforest to the Denver Glacier. Their tour bus left a bit earlier than mine and made several stops along the Klondike Highway, while mine only stopped just long enough at the border to check passports. We were on the same train coming back (until I got off at the Denver Valley trailhead) but we were in separate cars.

First stop: Goat Lake Hydroelectric Project

Next stop: The 'Welcome to Alaska' sign at the Canada/US border

The trip back to Skagway on the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad.

White Pass Summit - Trail of 1898

old bridge

approaching Denver stop

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Lunch at Jewell Gardens

Tea Room

Gardens

painted daisies

Canada Rhubarb