Day 40 Tuesday 4 July 2017

We arrive in Skagway which was established in 1897 as part of the Klondike gold rush. The buildings are well preserved and the little township has a lot of atmosphere.  We are here as part of the 4 July celebrations.  Their street parade was excellent for a little place.  Lots of floats, vintage cars, except the one that did break down during the parade.  They were throwing lollies at the kids although a woman near us was thrown a T-shirt (she was probably a local).  We did a history walk and photographed some really interesting buildings and plaques where gunfights occurred and we finished up at the visitor centre, where we watched a really interesting gold rush documentary.

My favourite one was for the karaoke group whose mission statement was “Making Karaoke Great Again”.

We returned to the ship at 12.30 PM and just as many people were leaving the ship as getting on.  We had a fabulous lunch on deck of Pizza and hot chocolate.  One of the best pizzas I have eaten and it was a winning recipe from 2015.  Fabulous!!  Antonia would have been impressed – no pineapple. Although I must ask why we were having the 2015 winner and not the 2016 winner.