The kids and the Pearl.
Getting ready to head out on the tour bus up to Canada.
Our first stop in Skagway was at the local cemetery, and a little waterfall nearby. Our tour guide told some stories about the history of Skagway and some of the well-known people buried in the cemetery. Elise was creeped out by this tombstone that she was sure was just the lid to the coffin.
Reid Falls.
I told Abby that I would carry her like a sack of potatoes on the way down the trail to the waterfall if she didn't whine or complain about walking to the falls. She kept her end of the bargain.
Our Skagway tour guide, Candy from Houston, Texas. She only works summers as a tour guide in Skagway.
The view of the canyon looking back toward Skagway.
Here we are at the "Welcome to Alaska" sign just inside the border with Canada.
We continued a bit into Canada, to what our tour guide called the "Tormented Valley" because it is so cold.
Jody, Sarah, and Abby stayed on the tour bus for our short stop in the Tormented Valley, so I brought back a little present for Sarah. All she wanted to do was eat it.
We stopped at this overlook on our way back into Skagway. The Pearl is the one right up front in the middle.
This is typically what I see if Malinda knows I'm trying to take her picture. She's a beauty! :)
The old retired railroad snow plow.
The girls enjoyed trying out the more eccentric products at the T-Shirt shop.
Our cool towel elephant that was waiting for us back at our room...
...and here is our cool towel elephant maker, our room steward, Dedy ("Day-dee"). He was super nice and had memorized our kids names by the second day we were there.
After our long day ashore, Malinda felt like a nap, so I took the kids up to try out some shuffleboard. We didn't know all (or any) of the rules, so we just made up our own.
We tried out one of the kid-friendly activities, the "White Hot Dance Party". Jody and Sarah liked it a lot more than any of us did, but I think the girls enjoyed watching Sarah having fun. We are just are not joiners for that type of thing.
After the party, Jody and Sarah went to bed and we went to the comedy show, which was some members of the Second City improv comedy troupe. It was OK, but not as funny as Bud Anderson the night before. The funniest part of the evening was watching Abby imitate when one of the comedy troupe ladies pretended to be a blow-up "companionship" doll. The joke was way over the kids' heads, but watching her imitate the blow up doll getting inflated was priceless.
Quote of the day-
Elise: "Why couldn't our toilet have a different sound, like Beethoven music?"
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