This morning the ferry docked at Juneau, the capital of Alaska around 4:30AM. The town was approx 14 miles away so we decided not to go in as we only had an approx 2hrs stop over. We got up around 8am and had breakfast then relaxed and watched with breathtaking scenery once again. We never get tired of seeing the mountains!!
The ferry stopped in Haines where we got off for a short 1/2 walk along the road and then the shore. Nothing to see here as the town was quite a way from the docks. We arrived in Skagway around 2pm and got booked into our "historical bed and breakfast".
Now this is an interesting place as it was once used as a brothel!!! All the rooms have girls name over the doorway, ours is Ida! We can only imagine the things that went on in these rooms many years ago. Skagway is a very cute little place, with the old wooden sidewalks and buildings. The town was the starting point for the gold seekers heading over the mountains during the gold rush during 1897-1898.After supper Grant and I saw "The Days of "98 Show" which was about "Soapy Smith",a true story that happened in the 1800's during the gold rush. He was a swindler, con artist etc and eventually was shot and killed by Frank Reid! Go figure..this might have been Grant's great great great Grandpa!!lol.During the show, the cancan girls selected my hubby from the audience to be part of the show. Let me tell you how hilarious this was!!! The girls were swooning over Grant and he turned a few shades of red on a few occasions. They took him up to their "rooms" at one point and he came down wearing pj's that looked more like a clown suit to me! Too funny!!! All in all it was a great night!! The others in our group had decided not to go to the show, so I just had to take some pictures to prove all this really did happen!!
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