We arrived in Skagway early, to a bit of a gloomy day. I was worried that my helicopter tour wouldn’t go, but lucky me, it did!
I headed off the ship right away to join the helicopter tour. The helicopter company, Temsco, was great and super organized getting our group geared up for the trip. We were given a safety vest to wear, as well as glacier boots to put on over our shoes. I was lucky that I ended up with a family of 4, including 2 small children, so the helicopter wasn’t cramped at all, plus I ended up with a window seat. The flight was about 20 mins before we arrived at the glacier.
Once we were on the glacier, we were given poles to assist with walking around and we explored the area.
The helicopter tour was spectacular – certainly not something to miss out on in Alaska!
While I was off on my tour, Jennifer went on the Klondike rock climbing tour. She thoroughly enjoyed herself. Here are some photos from her trip.
We met back at the boat for lunch, and then headed off on our walking tour of the historic town of Dyea. We were the only two that booked this trip, so we had a private tour, which included a picnic lunch by the river (wish we knew about that so we didn’t eat before!).
Finally, we walked back through downtown Skagway for a little shopping.
Next post will be about Glacier Bay National Park!
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