Walked up to Lower Dewey Lake and Icy Lake. Tried to get to Reid Falls, but the trail sort of disappeared and we were running out of time, so we went back to town and ate lunch. Then we headed for the train station.
The ride was great. Went way up to the summit at nearly 3000 feet. Looked down on the raging Skagway River. Saw spectacular waterfalls. Saw part of the old gold rush trail. (The railroad was built right after the gold rush ended.)
When we got back to Skagway, we went to the ferry terminal and bought our tickets for tomorrow morning. Then we strolled out to Yakutania Point and back.
After supper, we walked a mile and a half to the Gold Rush Cemetery. It was dark when we got there, but we were able to find the graves of Soapy Smith and Frank Reid, who shot each other simul-
taneously, July 8, 1898. There were a lot of graves of babies and children who died in the meningitis epidemic of 1898.
A trail in back of the cemetery led to Reid Falls, but it was too dark to go up there, so twice in one day, we missed seeing Reid Falls.
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