We took the tour to pan for gold, because we were in Alaska and what would a trip to Alaska be without panning for gold.
They had this character explaining to us how to do it. He was quite comical and funny to watch.
Can you see the gold at the bottom of the pan?
Derek and I panning our hearts out. We combined our take and it came to about 18 dollars worth. Now it sits in a film canister gathering dust. It was quite interesting though and kind of fun. There is definately an art to it.
THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND WHITE PASS TRAIN RIDEOur next tour consisted of hopping back onto the bus and ascending up into the mountains that followed the route that miners took to get up into the interior. The views were gorgeous, and our tour guide told us stories of Yukon.
Taking my picture at a scenic overlook.
The scenic overlook;)
We stopped at the border of Alaska and Canada. We had to bring our passports along because we were going into Canada for a total of 30 minutes. It was too funny. We didn't even go into a town or anything. We stopped at the train depot and got on the train and went back to Alaska.
A look at our train and everybody boarding.
We are taking off and looking forward to it.
Don't I look excited? Derek got a picture of me where I spent most of the train ride, taking pictures.
It was kind of cloudy the whole day so we couldn't see the peaks real well, but it was fun taking pictures. On one of the pictures below you can see the original Yukon trail.
This building is said to be the most photographed building in the world. I don't know how they can measure that, but it was an interesting building. It is covered with Deer or Elk horns.
The streets of Skagway. It was so windy there, my hair was all over the place.
After a long day we made it back to the ship for some more fun.
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