The first port on our itinerary was Skagway. What a tiny little town! I think there were about two or three streets that made up the "town." :)
The boat pulled this giant piece of ice up onto the deck of the ship.
Wowza.
It's always amazing to see the boat up close. It's HUGE. The ropes are massive. It takes a LOT of work to run this operation!
We got to "pan for gold" in Liarsville! The entertainers danced, sang, and did a puppet show for us to teach us the history of Liarsville.
Walker played with his cars during the show.
Denali, the wolf!
Panning for gold.
Such a complicated process for us! Ben so aptly said, "I have a lot of clean rocks, but no gold." We may have found about eight or nine flecks of gold... "Panning for gold" may not be a future career for any of us.
I'm only including this picture of Chip because Lainey was terrified. She wouldn't go near him and cried quite a bit when she saw him crossing the bridge. However, at the end of the trip, she finally got up the nerve to want to take a picture with Chip (and Dale) because she realized that they were, in fact, pretty funny! This was a HUGE step for Lainey!
Because we didn't get much gold, we decided to buy the kids some gold. :)
the town of Skagway
