Misreading the time

Monday 30th May We were up very early today because Rob misread the clock and instead of being 7.20am, it was 6.20am. The boys managed around of putt-putt (mini-golf) before breakfast! It’s been interesting here with the hours of daylight.  Sunrise was 3.58am this morning and sunset will be at 10.01pm so waking up when it’s been light for several hours is challenging as we tend to wake up very early and then try to go back to sleep. We docked in Skagway at 7am and after another beautiful breakfast we walked into this little, historical Alaskan town. Skagway was a quiet tranquil place until the discovery of gold in the Klondike region in 1898. The gold rush brought many people here and also caused the famous White Pass and Yukon railway through the mountains to be constructed. The town is full of restored old buildings from the gold-rush era and the population is just over 1,000, although this would increase during the summer tourist season with seasonal workers needed to cope with the huge influx of people, especially from the cruise  ships. There were 3 cruise ships in Skagway today and the locals were saying that they would have up to an 10,000 people in town.  We did a walk through the town, admiring the architecture and checking out the shops.  We had booked to go on the historic railway through the mountains and the trip did not disappoint. Again stunning scenery from the train and much excitement climbing up through the narrow pass in the train. This return trip took just over 3 hours but the time went very  quickly. When we returned to Skagway we were feeling a bit hungry as we had missed lunch. After missing the King Crab lunch in Juneau, yesterday the boys were keen to try some today. We found a shop on the mariner that was called King Crab and went in and had some Alaskan king  crab legs, crab cakes and shrimp sushi. Lovely! We returned to the ship and Paul, Heather and Rob went in one of the large heated spas but I chickened out because I thought it would be too cold getting out and returning to our room.