Gold Rush Days
Today the ship is to dock at Skagway, Alaska. Skagway became a boom town after the Klondike Gold Rush began in 1897. In 1898 construction began on the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad.
One hundred years later the governments of Canada and the United States created the Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park with U.S. sites in Skagway, Alaska, and Seattle, Washington, plus two locations in Canada.
We plan to the visit the historical park in Skagway with its many restored historical buildings and also take a ride on that original narrow guage railroad begun in 1898. The ride begins in Skagway and ends at the nearby border between the U.S. and Canada and is billed as a thrilling ride. Again, “I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.”
Tomorrow we plan to stop in Ketchikan. We hope to explore more native Alaskan culture with an emphasis on totem poles.
On Sunday we expect to see beautiful scenery as we travel the inside passage all day. Here God made the perfect habitat for bald eagles, sea lions, porpoises, and whales.
Let’s “rush” to God’s Word, “more desirable than gold yes, than much fine gold,” and train our children to do the same.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true;
they are righteous altogether.
They are more desirable than gold,
yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey
and the drippings of the honeycomb.
Psalm 19:8-10, NASB