We had been “at sea” now for two days but next stop would be Skagway. Skagway, Alaska is home to the gold-rush-era buildings and is now part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. First order of business was a ride on the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad aka the White Pass & Yukon Route WHITE KNUCKLE & SWEATY PALMS Railroad 🚞 😬 It runs vintage locomotives past the famously steep (and I do mean famously steep) Chilkoot trail. Wait…”vintage”…isn’t that a nice word for old and rickety? Are the brakes good on this puppy because I am sure what goes up must come down 😳
I did manage to snap a few pics when I didn’t have my eyes squeezed shut and a death grip on CTM’s arm…
Is that our ship WAY down there? Is it leaving?
Is that where we are headed? That train track hanging on the side of the mountain with the shear drop off?
Are we crossing that rickety trestle?
The answer is “yes” because this is the front half of our train that rounded that 90 degree turn just before the rickety trestle. And there’s a tunnel?
Wait…does the guy driving this train know THIS trestle is MORE THAN RICKETY? Are we plunging to our death in one minute?
Thankfully they figured out they needed a new bridge over this steep gorge…
Does this mean we are crossing into Canada? WAIT…we forgot our passports! Are they going to drag us off the train, throw us in jail, and make us eat pure maple syrup on our pancakes for the rest of our lives? 🤔🥞
We made a loopety loop, exiting Canada, and headed back down the mountain so we could test out those vintage brakes.
Geez…I was worried that if we ended up at the bottom of a gorge or got thrown in the slammer in Canada we might NEVER get to visit another craft brewery the rest of our lives…
This being the first time we had “disembarked” the ship…we were told you don’t simply “get off” the ship… we were able to get a nice view of our home away from home…
Catch you on the flip flop…
CJM
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