Skagway Alaska-We Made IT-No BUST
We made it-arrived last night around ten. It is the 4th of July and Alaska is celebrating 50 years of being a state. We will leave today for Homer. 1145 miles away-then to Denali, Fairbanks, Dawson City and back the Alcan Highway. Distances up here are great-going from one town to another is like going from Pa. to North Carolina or Florida.
We went to the Bonanza Bar in Skagway on the eve of the fourth. It was here that I met Sourdough Sam. He told me all about himself. People tend to do that . Peggy said they take one look and figure that I wouldn't remember anyway. Sam said that he was third generation sourdough. He asked me if I knew what a sourdough was-one who is sour on Alaska and doesn't have enoough dough to get out. He bought me a drink.
I saw him the next day-we sat and talked. He said they have a long 4th of July parade in Skagway. It goes throough town-stops and turns around-you see it twice-he was right. The parade was interesting and so was Sam.
Sam and I have something in common-we both had the same clothes on for several days. I love characters.
We went to the Bonanza Bar in Skagway on the eve of the fourth. It was here that I met Sourdough Sam. He told me all about himself. People tend to do that . Peggy said they take one look and figure that I wouldn't remember anyway. Sam said that he was third generation sourdough. He asked me if I knew what a sourdough was-one who is sour on Alaska and doesn't have enoough dough to get out. He bought me a drink.
I saw him the next day-we sat and talked. He said they have a long 4th of July parade in Skagway. It goes throough town-stops and turns around-you see it twice-he was right. The parade was interesting and so was Sam.
Sam and I have something in common-we both had the same clothes on for several days. I love characters.
posted by Bill T @ 7:37 AM
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Every story told by Mr. Sourdough Sam is a treasure left behind. He is now resting in peace and will always have a place in our stories to be told. His last trip he decided to leave Alaska to go on a motorcycle ride down to Arizona where he took his last breath but not without saying "this is the most fun I've ever had". Now he is being chofered back to Skagway making stops at as many strip joints as possible...
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