This morning we boarded the Yukon Whitepass Railroad at Skagway to Fraser. It was built in 1898 to transport gold and minors deep into the Yukon for the gold rush. The train traveled up the mountain on the edge of the mountain. A fascinating trip with beautiful views-scary as you look over deep gorges and cross over the Skagway river and go through 2 tunnels. The engineering was amazing also, considering it was built at the turn of the century. The train use to c...

Our second and last port is Skagway at the end of the Inside passage. It has a population of 900, and has 3 streets, each 8 blocks long. It has a history with the Klondike gold rush. We eat at 6:15 am, then gather the rest of our belongings and go to the theater to meet our tour guide and hear a program on Skagway and the gold rush. The US park service has a park here and a ranger gives us the history of the town beginning with the Gold Rush of 1896. After the...