This video shows our 2nd port stop in Skagway, Alaska on our Alaska Cruise in May 2023 onboard the Sapphire Princess cruise ship. Our 14 day cruise was actually 2 "back to back" 7 day cruises, the first from Vancouver to Whittier, and then the next 7 days doing the return leg South back to Vancouver.
The weather wasn't so good on this visit, with some very high winds and rain forecast for most of the day. After chatting to some other passengers, they had told us about a simple walk around to a bay close to the cruise port, so we decided to do that first.
The first part of our walk took us to Yakutania Point and then further on to Smuggler's Cove. Certainly crossing the walkway near the airport was interesting in the high winds, but the actual walk further round was nice as we were protected by the trees. There was a little bit of rough ground, but a simple enough walk for most people.
It was quite difficult to keep the camera steady in the high winds and I think I somehow managed to turn off my stabilisation, so apologies for the camera shake and windy voiceovers.
After that walk, we decided to walk around the edge of the town to the Gold Rush Cemetry and Lower Reid Falls.
When we stopped at Skagway the previous walk we did quite a long hike to the UPPER Reid Falls, so we figured it would be nice to complete both parts. You can see our previous video here..
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The walk to the lower falls was actually a lot shorter than the previous hike to the Upper Reid Falls, and much easier. The falls themselves were excellent, and well worth a look. I love the sound of moving water, whether it's the sea or a waterfall, so it was nice and relaxing by the falls.
From there we looked around the Gold Rush Cemetry which was interesting, and it was then back into the town for a quick drink.
We found ourselves in the Bonanza Bar and Grill which was actually quite a nice lively little bar. Amanda was tempted by the Wild Berry Margarita and I had a nice Alaskan Beer to start. The Wild Berry Margarita was actually quite tart to begin with, but once you got past that, was actually very nice.... So we both had another one of those :)
After that we wandered back to the ship and had a nice relaxing couple of hours in the Sykwalker Nightclub (which was actually very quiet and relaxing in the afternoons).
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Steve & Amanda.
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