Today was our Skagway, Alaska stop, and we were scheduled to have a long port day here.
We wandered the streets of the very small town. It was quite quaint with pioneer-era buildings and small shops surrounded by an epic natural backdrop.
I got an official Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park stamp in my NP Passport, and also snagged a couple of extra stamps for my journal. Between those, a couple of stickers, and an artist postcard my journal for this day is quite well decorated.
Despite my insistence that I wouldn’t buy any yarn on this trip, I couldn’t stop myself from wandering into Boreal Artworks/Aurora Yarns “just to browse”. But then I found kits from Raven Frog Fibers that match a book that I already own and will use extensively when we start our RV retirement adventure. I restrained myself and only bought the kit for the NP we would see on this trip (Glacier), but then also couldn’t stop myself from buying this gorgeous yak & silk blend. BAH! Hi, I’m Stacy and I’m a yarnoholic.
We went for a coffee stop at The Sittin’ Sasquatch, sitting in the window to enjoy some people watching. I ordered a cappuccino and the manager/owner (?) warned me it would take a bit to make because they “do it right”. OK, he was not joking. This was one of the best cappuccinos I’ve ever had outside of Roma.
We stopped in at Skagway Brewing for a pint, which was a large-brewery experience. Typically breweries with souvenir shops attached aren’t my jam, but the beer was tasty and we enjoyed their peaceful back patio.
The brewery winner of the day was the much smaller Klondike Brewing. The outside upper deck with a view (that for some reason hardly anyone else noticed?) was perfection and we lingered there for quite awhile.
Scott suggested some more exploring out into a trail area called Yakutania Point and I grumbled. But I went anyway. And thank god we did because… well, Alaska was Alaska-ing on this glorious sunny day.
We eventually made it back to the boat and dressed for our 8:00 pm dinner reservation at Onda, the Italian restaurant. We had a lovely seat next to the window and really enjoyed the food which was much better than they had at the previous Italian specialty restaurant that was called La Cucina. In fact, Onda is probably my new favorite specialty restaurant. My only complaint was that it was SO MUCH food, but they were nice and averted their eyes when we walked out with pizza leftovers (for some reason I don’t think you’re supposed to do that).
Spoiler alert: This ended up being my favorite day of this trip. I know we will love finding Skagway again in the the future when we explore Alaska in our RV.
Kjar-ied Away 