Skagway 4 days and a day trip to Juneau! Who needs a cruise ship!?


 We have been to Skagway before two times on a cruise ship. The l









ast time we were here, was with Mikayla and her friend. We did the Iditarod excursion with the dogs, and she loved it. Memories….

I never really loved Skagway all that much. I thought of it as a saloon town, like being in Knott‘s Berry Farm or something. But coming in on land, and staying for four days, has been absolutely changing my view. There have been at least 4-6 cruise ships every day we have been here. The town gets absolutely crazy with thousands of people, and then they all leave by about 5pm. We had some awesome crab, a show and shopping! 

One of the days, we took a 4 hr. ferry ride to Juneau. No, it is not just any ferry ride. We saw whales along the way and two of them actually breached! We were in absolute shock, and I had chills. We were gone from the campground for over 12 hours. They hired a dog walker to come in and walk our dogs. That is always a little nerve-racking that Oreo will be OK. He gets a little skittish with others, but then she said once he started walking, he did great. Long and beautiful day. And a bear in the city of Juneau! 



P.S. The eagle is actually eating a seagull! Ugh!!!! We left Skagway this morning, btw….

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