I woke up at 3:50 a.m. as the Noordam was cruising along and as I sat up in bed I saw magnificent, massive, snow-covered mountain peaks.  The sun had already risen at this time (3:50 a.m.) and sunlight was glinting off of the snowcapped mountain peaks.  It was beautiful!  Going back to sleep, Thursday morning June 8, 2017, found us docking in Skagway, Alaska.  This town’s name is from the Tlingit word Skagua, which means “home of the north wind.”  The weather here and on our trip has been spectacular.  It is 4:00 pm in the afternoon now and currently 75 degrees.  This is Lynda’s and my 43rd wedding anniversary.  Is there a better way to celebrate that wonderful occasion than taking my bride on a one mile walk from the ship into the metropolis of Skagway?  I couldn’t think of one either and so the four of us walked into this little town of 741 residents to see what we could see!  We did find the number one photographed building in Alaska however.  It is called AB Hall, a building which is covered with over 10,000 pieces of driftwood.

We enjoyed some fresh made Alaska fry bread at a local shop.  We also stumbled upon what I can only describe as probably the most perfect combination of cuisines possible in any restaurant: Italian and Mexican!!!  Since we had just finished breakfast, we were not able to partake of this wonderful possibility, but it is certainly worth noting.

We decided that we would spring for the $2 ride on the fun bus to take us away from the “downtown area” and back to the ship.  We were walking across the street to the bus stop and the next thing I saw was Lynda rolling forward onto her shoulder, tucking her head under and springing up on her feet in the street next to me.  I looked at her as she rose up on her feet and asked “what the hell were you doing?”  There was a group of four people on the sidewalk next to us who started clapping and encouraged Lynda, saying, “That was awesome!”  Lynda looked at me and said, “I don’t know what happened, I just went down and decided to roll up!”  Four hours later, she was no worse for wear.  I looked back at our blog on June 8^th  2017, our anniversary last year in Greece and noted that she had fallen at that time and ended up a little worse for wear.   This time she was golden.  Pretty impressive actually.  Barb thought Lynda had caught her foot on a crack in the pavement.  In any event, my bride was good, but I realized that we all need to be especially concerned about fall protection for her around the eighth of June every year from here on out.

We just returned from a filet mignon and lobster anniversary dinner on the ship and it was so nice.  As we were eating, the ship pulled out of Skagway and headed out.  Back in our cabins now, resting up for Glacier Bay tomorrow.  A great day we had today.