The ice was still on Bennett Lake and heavy snow is still on some mountains. We saw one black bear.
Skagway has some interesting architecture most of it was built in the eighteen and nineteen hundreds but there is some modern day construction.
Wendy is standing outside the Arctic Brotherhood building. If you look closely you can see that the facade is made up of thousands of tree branches.
We stayed in the Golden North Hotel once right over the large kitchen's exhaust vent. We woke up smelling like last nights special.
The yellow and red building is something new as far as paint goes. I know all the building are kept historic so someone must have really convinced the town council that red and yellow were gold rush colors.
The two larger building on the side street are the train station.
Twenty seven years ago, when the road was first opened, we drove over to Skagway. The unfinished building looked exactly like that then as it does today. My curiosity got the best of me so this weekend I stopped and asked the neighbor what the story was because the construction is absolutely brilliant and masterful. I was told the builder still lives in Skagway and has not gotten around to finishing it.
If you look closely you can see that a master builder has been at work. Check out the fence. He carved hearts and put a red board behind to highlight them. Brilliant work and I was told the inside is just as grand. That is an old army ambulance parked outside. You can still see part of the red cross on the roof.
I hope you all have the chance to visit Skagway some day. Do so on a day the cruise ships are not in. Much more pleasant without four thousand plus people milling about.
Cheers
David