From Juneau, it was a short hop to Skagway, and another four cruise ship day, but this time in a town with only one street… one word: chaos. We managed to avoid the crowds flocking to the jewellry stores and souvenir shops and found ourselves a great Thai (yep, Thai) restaurant on a side street, and then we headed across to Haines on a fast boat to play golf (yep, golf). Shame it was tipping with rain… But we had a great afternoon of hit and giggle!
The White Pass Train, built after the goldrush 
On the main (and only) street of Skagway 
A massive rotary snowplow 
A memorial to the mad gold-rushers 
Fairbanks is where we are heading! 
Quite a reverse parking job… 
Golf in the rain with a huge umbrella 
Mary Poppins? Note the nice black sand bunker… 
My umbrella was branded “Hummer” for good reason… 
Despite the rain, smiley faces all round 
Watching some rescue training… bear in mind that the water is about 2 degrees centigrade… 
Ah, the dirty underbelly of cruising… all the dining room staff having to sing O Sole Mio in Italian to us… the things they will do for tips… I didn’t know whether to cry, or run screaming from the room… And I don’t think they did either…
