Beauty Rush

July 8: Skagway, Alaska…gateway to the Yukon Gold Rush. Floyd, Donna, Terri, Marty, Richard and I got on the White Pass train with a whole lot of other people and headed up the mountain, retracing the trail that over thirty thousand people attempted to traverse in their hunt for gold.

Our shuttle driver the day before told us about his first time on the train. White Pass was covered in mist, he said, and he didn’t see a darn thing. That’s the thing about Alaska. Some days, its beauty is in-your-face; other days, it throws up a veil of rain or fog or mist, and you have to look a little harder. On this day, however, the sun was shining and the views were stunning.