Category: Skagway, Alaska

It’s now June 20, but although I was unable to blog during the trip, I’m back-dating the posts as if I had. June 6, Day 6 of our trip and Day 5 aboard the cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam, included a 13-hour stop at Skagway, Alaska. In general I enjoy...

On Sunday, May 19th, Cathy and I took advantage of the Yukoner’s Special that the White Pass & Yukon Route railway offers every Victoria Day long weekend, and rode the train from Fraser to Skagway and back. We chose that rounder because it makes Customs clearance very simple –...

I’ve been watching the weather forecasts to make another try to get to Skagway, and yesterday, though not great, was the best day in Skagway for 10 days or so, and was forecast to get as the day progressed. in both Skagway and Whitehorse. The day turned out to...

I’ve been watching the weather forecasts for Whitehorse and Skagway recently, waiting for a good day to make the drive to Skagway. The last time I was down was in July when I took the motorcycle, and it’s hard to say when Cathy’s last visit to our coastal neighbour...

“Everyone needs a friend who will call and say ‘Get dressed, we’re going on an adventure.'” is one of my favourite travel quotes, and having friends like that is really important to me now. A long-time friend messaged me recently and asked if I’d like to join him on...

On April 11th, I drove to Skagway and Dyea with Bella and Tucker for the first time since January 5, 2020. Covid, of course, made drives to Skagway impossible for much of that 3 years. Although I was in Skagway last October, Cathy did most of the driving. I...

I took Bella and Tucker to Skagway and Dyea yesterday. While I’m going to write up a fairly lengthy post to describe this spectacular day, I’m going to start with this brief one, which is basically a post I made on the Alaska Cruise Lovers group on Facebook, with...

I had my daughter up for a visit for 3 days over this past weekend, and the one thing she had on her must-do list was seeing Skagway again. On Sunday we headed down, with strong winds and flood warnings in the weather forecast. The Fall colours were mostly...

These are crazy times, and the situation is changing so fast it’s hard to keep up with even your local situation. On Sunday, Cathy and I took the dogs down to Skagway and then Dyea for a play on the snow-free beach. Yesterday Skagway announced that visitors were no...

Seeing the megaships that visit Skagway now, it’s interesting to look back at what the ships looked like 20-30 years ago. I started taking pictures of them in 1990 when I started picking up their passengers for bus tours. To many ship enthusiasts, the 1990s were nearing the end...