Mountain View RV, Skagway

   We have a very small and short camping space in this park.  I had to get up early to move our truck from in front of the rig so that our next door neighbors could get their RV out of their spot.  It was quite the challenge to get in to last night in the dark.
    I had a cranky morning from getting to bed to late last night and then up again so early today.  To add to that we had laundry to do today and discovered that our antenna is falling off.  Ughh!
   By afternoon things were better.  We drove out to Dyea Klondike Gold Rush
National Historical Park.  It is a ghost town from the gold rush period - and took a Ranger-led tour of the old town which is now mostly made up of wood, glass, and metal pieces.  In the fall of 1897 just a its population shot up to an estimated 8,000 when it became a principal port city for the Klondike

Stampeders.  When the White Pass and Yukon Railroad was completed the Gold Rush pioneers used the railroad and the port and the town died out. The drive out to the town along the rocky edge of the bay was spectacular.
     Later we headed downtown for a little final shopping in Alaska.  It is hard to believe that we have been here so long.  What will be more difficult to adjust to in getting home is that the summer will be mostly over.  I have the feel that time at home should stand still when we are on the road.
    We had dinner in a little bar and grill downtown.  There was a cruise ship in the harbor and lots of people on the street, but almost no cars so it was easy to park.  Rick went to an 100 year old hardware store that was one of fourteen buildings still there from the gold rush era.