Left Skagway after an all-day visit of the town. While a lot of people took tours, especially the White Pass railroad tour, we walked around downtown. They had a local shuttle ($5 all day) which we could ride out to various sites around the town. We did that, but mostly walked around town. Found an internet café in a Seamen’s Center and joined the throng taking advantage of the bandwidth. National Park Service had several locations in town which depicted events of the Klondike gold rush. Amazing how similar the tourist stores are at all of the stops along the way (Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway). In talking to several of the people working at the shops, they come to Skagway for the summer and then follow the cruise ships to the Carribbean for the winter. Skagway was the smallest, but kind of fun to walk around. The town still had the old wooden sidewalks, but it did have a Starbucks! Left around 5:00 p.m. after watching the last minute passengers hurrying down the dock. We’re now on the homeward journey, no stops until we get to Victoria and then it’s only for four hours. Time to relax and unwind – you know how stressful vacations can be J.
This evening, we went to the Captain’s Welcoming Cocktail Party for returning Princess passengers. Served drinks, short speech by the Captain, and recognition of the three couples who had sailed the most with Princess (all had more than 220 sailing days). After drinks in the Mermaid Lounge, we went for dinner in the Vivaldi Dining Room – lobster evening! Except for Tom breaking a wine glass, all went well. Later in the evening, we went to the casino and Tom went to a comedy/music show.
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