We arrived at Skagway on August 13 at about six in the morning. This was going to be our longest port stay and we had a very full agenda of excursions. We started by taking a train trip up the "White Pass" to the Canadian border. The train was built during the gold rush days so it goes much further into Canada. We had a lot of difficulties taking photos because the train track was lined with big trees. The tree line this far north is only about 3,000 feet which made for some very weird scenery at the top. To get back down we were bused. Back in town we had lunch at the Skagway Inn, now a B & B, formerly a brothel (lots of old brothels in Alaska). After that we panned for gold at the local gold dredge. I suppose it was no miracle that we all got a few flakes of gold. Then we finally got a chance to explore a town and see its many tourist shops. All those graffiti on the rock cliff next to our berth have been put there over many years by the visiting ships. On the way out down the Chatham Strait we were treated to many views of water falls.