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What to do in Skagway Alaska

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Subscribe for More! What to do in Skagway, Alaska Last updated: July 15, 2020 Steam Engine I had the chance to visit Skagway, Alaska while on a cruise. And let me just say, this place was beautiful! I will be sharing with you what I did and what you must see and do!  The main attraction of Skagway would be the White Pass Railroad.  The White Pass Railroad station and pickup site are one of the first things you see when coming from the cruise ships. You should take the chance and ride this train! It had beautiful scenery and we even crossed into British Columbia before we turned around. (No you do not need a passport to go.) Below are some of the photos I took while riding the train.  A beautiful river The back of the train Another River The Border As you can see, the rivers were a stunning shade of blue. This shade of blue indicates silt in the water. There is silt in the water because a ...

Seward, Alaska

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Subscribe for More!   Seward, Alaska Last updated: July 15, 2020 Transportation For our transportation to Seward, we took a shuttle from the airport in Anchorage, to Seward. Since we had to drive around a bay to get to the other peninsula, it took us around two hours to arrive in Seward. The trip to Seward was very scenic. You have to go around the bay, which is famous for Alaska's mud fields. We saw some Dal Sheep on the way there, and we stopped and took some pictures. When we were traveling on this road, they had road work going on. Since there is only one road from Anchorage to Seward, it caused a few delays. These were some of the pictures of the Bay. Seward In Seward there is really only one restaurant open during the offseason, called the "The Breeze Inn".  I had their French Toast, and I highly recommend it! In town, there is a memorial in honor of the biggest earthquake in Alaska in 1964 that ki...