We awoke to the ship being docked in Skagway. We had booked on the Glacier Point Tour which required us to be at the dockside meeting point at 7.30 am. After a short drive in their bus we boarded a high speed boat for the hour and half drive along an inlet, past Haines Alaska to a remote beach where were greeted by guides who live out here in the woods with brown bears, black bears and moose. These kids live out here, off the grid for 6 months of the year. We boarded and old bus for the 2 km drive to a bush camp, where we donned wet weather gear, flotation jackets and Wellington boots for the rest of the trip.
We walked about 600 metres through the woods to a small stream where large Canadian canoes awaited. After quick safety brief we jumped in and started paddling the 1.5km to next beach.
As we turned the bend in the river there before us lay the Davidson Glacier in twisted magnificence. We beached out canoes about 1km away from the Glacier face and walked to within 50 m of this Great Wall of ice. So big and powerful. After 30 minutes we started back to the canoes and back to camp.
As we turned the bend in the river there before us lay the Davidson Glacier in twisted magnificence. We beached out canoes about 1km away from the Glacier face and walked to within 50 m of this Great Wall of ice. So big and powerful. After 30 minutes we started back to the canoes and back to camp.
A sandwich lunch and back on board the fast boats to Skagway.
Skagway is a tourist town. It looks like it did in the 1880' s but built by Disney.
Apparently we are the second last week of boats to visit the town so everything is 50% off. We wandered around the town for while, but then happy hour called. Back to the ship.
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