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The Smokehouse Skagway

Mt. McKinley Wilderness Lodge

With only one night at Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, our time may have been better spent relaxing by the massive fireplace and learning more about “The Great One”. Although hind-sight is 20/20, so if Jim’s very poorly-planned float trip had been marvelous instead, this would be an entirely different narrative! Click on the first […]

Gateway to the Klondike

Skagway was fantastic! We learned how a gold rush led to thousands of mostly ill-prepared men seeking their fortunes, which led to conmen and thieves. It also prompted construction of a railway, which changed the transportation industry forever. We had a dapper storyteller/tour guide on a cool streetcar, and a float trip down the fantastic […]