Ketchikan

This is a cool little town where we saw the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show. Which apparently featured pro-lumberjacks.

See what I mean? Professionals

After that we just walked around town and did some shopping. But there was plenty of other things to do. You can go salmon or crab fishing, kayaking, zip lining through the woods, flight seeing, and there’s tours to see everything from authentic totems, to bald eagles.

Skagway

This town used to be the best way to get to the Yukon to mine for gold. When you get off the ship, the town looks just as it did during the mining boom. It has a very Main Street U.S.A feel to it.

There is a lot to see in Skagway considering it’s such a small town. We took the White Pass train 20 miles up into the mountains following the Yukon Route to the top of the White Pass Summit. You can take it even further into Canada, then pan for gold, and take a bus back. There was plenty to see, and learn about what it was like during the gold rush days.

There's our ship!

There are plenty of other tours there too. You could also go flight seeing, salmon fishing, tour a old brothel, there’s a couple of great gardens, and more.

We ended the day at a local glass blowing place. I can’t even explain how much fun Valerie had there, or hot it was inside.

As we were at both towns near the end of their vacation season, a lot of the merchandise was on sale, so that was nice.

Juneau

We didn’t see much of the town, so I can’t say too much about it, we spent that day whale watching

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