Alaska 2016

Trip to Skagway, AK

We left Anchorage on a morning flight and arrived in Juneau at about 9:30 am. We got our luggage and took a short walk off the airport grounds to a local diner. We returned to the airport and caught a cab to the ferry terminal in Juneau. Strange that their sign does not say Juneau Ferry but I guess "everyone" knows that Auke Bay is in Juneau. We had about a 2.5 hour ferry ride to Skagway. The ferry was a catamaran style hull. It was averaging about 33 knots. We saw at least 2 dozen dolphins feeding right at the surface. We also saw a whale breach about 7 times while he was still in our sight as we passed by. The breaches were the real deal with about 2/3rd of its body out of the water. Very cool!!! We made it to Skagway about 5 pm. What a great quaint small town. We walked about a half mile from the ferry dock to our hotel. Click on any of the thumbnail pictures to see an expanded view. Use your browsers "Back Button" to return to the thumbnails or cursor down to the bottom of the page to use the Slideshow Controls below.