TOURS FOR LOCALS: TOUR OPTIONS
Here is a sampling of some of the tours designed with the Local in mind. YEAR ROUND TOURS FOR LOCALS! SPECIAL EVENT CHARTERS ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE OFF SEASON AS WELL! These tours are currently designed for private groups to book as one trip. However, IF some fun inspired ideas arise Skagway Private Tours will have weekly tour specials sold by the seat, not the vehicle. How does a "Wonder Woman" night sound? A Joseph Campbell lecture? A Takhini Hot Springs Get-Away? My little mind is all aflutter with possibilities!
KEEP CHECKING THIS PAGE FOR NEW TOUR OFFERINGS FOR LOCALS. WATCH THE SKAGWAY MARKETPLACE ON FACEBOOK FOR THE WEEKLY TOURS FOR LOCALS OFFERING. AS THIS WHOLE CONCEPT IS NEW, THESE OFFERINGS WILL GO THROUGH SOME EDITS, ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS UNTIL THINGS FLOW PROPERLY. HUZZAH TO THE UNKNOWN! GIDDY UP!
Click on the more info buttons for PRICING and DETAILS to book time with VADER.
KEEP CHECKING THIS PAGE FOR NEW TOUR OFFERINGS FOR LOCALS. WATCH THE SKAGWAY MARKETPLACE ON FACEBOOK FOR THE WEEKLY TOURS FOR LOCALS OFFERING. AS THIS WHOLE CONCEPT IS NEW, THESE OFFERINGS WILL GO THROUGH SOME EDITS, ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS UNTIL THINGS FLOW PROPERLY. HUZZAH TO THE UNKNOWN! GIDDY UP!
Click on the more info buttons for PRICING and DETAILS to book time with VADER.
THE TOUR GUIDE TOUR--- skagway's first and only tour dedicated to those who cater to our visitors
Let's face it, not every visitor is as fun and independent as those who choose to go with a private tour (I love my peeps!). YOU just spent the last 8 hours telling the same stories in a loop, talking about the gold rush, what winter is like, why on earth you even want to live here, and why you aren't married. Let Skagway Private Tours drive YOU around and let you enjoy the town in peace while you crack open a 6 pack and celebrate the end of the day.
Grab 5 of your co workers and debrief in the luxurious privacy of VADER. Seriously people, you know you can't even set foot into the Red Onion or Brew Co mid-week because people are waiting in lines down the boardwalk. Escape the crowded bars and the horrible risk of running into someone who starts asking you about the gold rush, what winter is like, why you live here and why you aren't married.
Don't let this happen to you! At the end of the day let VADER be YOUR guide. This tour picks up and drops off on 2nd Avenue near the Liquor store and several bars....
Grab 5 of your co workers and debrief in the luxurious privacy of VADER. Seriously people, you know you can't even set foot into the Red Onion or Brew Co mid-week because people are waiting in lines down the boardwalk. Escape the crowded bars and the horrible risk of running into someone who starts asking you about the gold rush, what winter is like, why you live here and why you aren't married.
Don't let this happen to you! At the end of the day let VADER be YOUR guide. This tour picks up and drops off on 2nd Avenue near the Liquor store and several bars....
the "shut-up-and-drive" tour--- skagway's only tourless tour
Now the tour option that garnered the greatest response from locals last season is available... for locals! The "shut-up-and-drive" tour promises less talk and more time to enjoy the view and the company you choose.
VADER is wired for touring, but happy to shut up and drive...
Experience the serenity of this great land we call home at your own pace and on your own terms. Ask the driver questions or she won't talk. If you want to stop just ask, otherwise your driver will just keep going. Bring your own music on ipod, disc or ipad or use the one that comes fully loaded in VADER. Enjoy each others' company without the distraction of listening to someone's life story or being bombarded with regional trivia. Stop wherever you choose and stay as long as you wish. Make this a picnic or champagne get away.
THIS IS A GOLD RUSH FREE ZONE!
VADER is wired for touring, but happy to shut up and drive...
Experience the serenity of this great land we call home at your own pace and on your own terms. Ask the driver questions or she won't talk. If you want to stop just ask, otherwise your driver will just keep going. Bring your own music on ipod, disc or ipad or use the one that comes fully loaded in VADER. Enjoy each others' company without the distraction of listening to someone's life story or being bombarded with regional trivia. Stop wherever you choose and stay as long as you wish. Make this a picnic or champagne get away.
THIS IS A GOLD RUSH FREE ZONE!
the picnic tour
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Days off and time off are precious commodities for the Skagway summer worker. Enjoy a picnic get away without the worry of what the weather is going to be. Eliminate any concern over WEATHER, mosquitoes, black flies, white sox, no-see-ums, or BEARS! Let VADER take you to some of your favorite locations to enjoy a picnic adventure without any concerns about the pesky natural world all around us....
the "where's my wookie?" tour---- THE SCHTAR WArsch LOVER'Sch TOUR!
In the summer of 1978 your driver buried her favorite toy in the sand at the beach in Carcross. That toy was a Chewbacca action figure from a movie she hadn't seen yet. But the wookie was so cool. She buried it in the sand-- then she dug it up. She did it again, and again. Then she went to dig it up, and couldn't find it at all! The wookie was gone! She cried all the way back to Skagway on the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad. To this day, somewhere in the sand at the north end of Lake Bennett is a Star Wars Chewbacca action figure.
Enjoy a scenic drive to historic Carcross while the SchTar Wars Trilogy plays on screen (episodes 4,5,and 6 of course).* Enjoy a picnic lunch or snack on the beach while you or your guide digs in the sand for a missing wookie. If it's sunny this is the best beach day ever! The weather is almost always better in Carcross (for those new to town and do not know this secret fact that has been keeping Skagwegians sane for oh so long). If it's cloudy, windy or rainy.... you are in a freakin' limo! Who cares!? You don't really have to dig for Chewbacca. But it is a good excuse to get away. Tiny beach shovels provided.
This tour comes with a Free "MAY THE TOUR BE WITH YOU..." bumper sticker.
*No mention of Episodes 1,2 or 3 will be allowed in the van-- anyone who even whispers the name "Jar Jar" will be asked to get out and walk back to Skagway. (VADER van Rule#2)
(why "SCHTAR WARSCH?" Sometimes I type with a lisp when I get tired)
Enjoy a scenic drive to historic Carcross while the SchTar Wars Trilogy plays on screen (episodes 4,5,and 6 of course).* Enjoy a picnic lunch or snack on the beach while you or your guide digs in the sand for a missing wookie. If it's sunny this is the best beach day ever! The weather is almost always better in Carcross (for those new to town and do not know this secret fact that has been keeping Skagwegians sane for oh so long). If it's cloudy, windy or rainy.... you are in a freakin' limo! Who cares!? You don't really have to dig for Chewbacca. But it is a good excuse to get away. Tiny beach shovels provided.
This tour comes with a Free "MAY THE TOUR BE WITH YOU..." bumper sticker.
*No mention of Episodes 1,2 or 3 will be allowed in the van-- anyone who even whispers the name "Jar Jar" will be asked to get out and walk back to Skagway. (VADER van Rule#2)
(why "SCHTAR WARSCH?" Sometimes I type with a lisp when I get tired)
the trivia night tour
I did happen to "borrow" this pic--will remove if Luke and Leia ask me to...
Come pre-funk your trivia night at the Red Onion in the VADER van! We all know there is TONS of extra time before the actual trivia night begins. Deb will come in 10 minutes before it starts... that's when we will take off, if not before. Because that means she will then go directly upstairs and not come down for at least 45 minutes... then when she does come down stairs there will be another 30 minutes before trivia starts, "CHECK. CHECK. CHECK." We have plenty of time to cruise town, sauce up, and practice your strategy on how to win. Order your pizza halfway through the tour (983-2222 red onion phone #) and it will be ready when you arrive. We might even have enough time for a quick blast up to Carcross and back. Practice with a box of Trivial Pursuit cards to get your mind's little wheels primed and ready for TRIVIA! TRIVIA! TRIVIA!
You will have the privilege of being driven by a member of the 2013 Red Onion Trivia Night Season Championship Team.
(your driver WILL drop the team back at the Red Onion even if the competition is getting tight...don't fret!)
You will have the privilege of being driven by a member of the 2013 Red Onion Trivia Night Season Championship Team.
(your driver WILL drop the team back at the Red Onion even if the competition is getting tight...don't fret!)
the cards against humanity tour
Grab your Depends* pee pee pads and get ready to laugh your ass off while cruising Skagway playing the HIGH-larious card game Cards Against Humanity. This is the adult version of Apples to Apples for those of you who aren't blessed with this experience as of this reading. Find out just how crass you and your friends can be. "How did I loose my virginity Was it 72 Virgins? Oprah Winfrey? The Rockettes? The CIA?"
*pee pads not provided.
*pee pads not provided.
the "inukshuks suck" tour
VADER will drive you up past the White Pass summit to knock down as many stacked rocks and Inukshuks you can possibly destroy. This is an excellent opportunity to test out The Force and topple rocks with the power of your mind. "Do or do not, there is no try."
Everywhere you look there are signs of man's presence in the middle of what should be pristine, untouched nature. Visitors have been trampling and destroying this fragile eco-system all along the highway to make these senseless stacks, rendering the actual stacks we use to mark trails and other important landmarks almost impossible to discern. Historically one of the uses of Inukshuks was TO SCARE WILDLIFE into desired areas to hunt them. Having these rock stacks pop up daily where none had been before acts as a deterrent for wildlife-- it stimulates the fight or flight response. The stench of humans all along the highway where this is happening isn't helping matters. The irony is that tour drivers actually encourage this activity; the very same people who really want their passengers to see wildlife. If BEARS=TIPS and NO ROCKS=BEARS then by the transitive property of equality NO ROCKS=TIPS. Help our fellow drivers get better tips and contribute to a return to the untouched beauty of the land, where man's fingerprint cannot be seen.
( for those still holding onto the idea this is a fun and harmless activity I challenge you to read "Animals in Translation" by Temple Grandin and then let's talk... perhaps whilst kicking rocks.)
Everywhere you look there are signs of man's presence in the middle of what should be pristine, untouched nature. Visitors have been trampling and destroying this fragile eco-system all along the highway to make these senseless stacks, rendering the actual stacks we use to mark trails and other important landmarks almost impossible to discern. Historically one of the uses of Inukshuks was TO SCARE WILDLIFE into desired areas to hunt them. Having these rock stacks pop up daily where none had been before acts as a deterrent for wildlife-- it stimulates the fight or flight response. The stench of humans all along the highway where this is happening isn't helping matters. The irony is that tour drivers actually encourage this activity; the very same people who really want their passengers to see wildlife. If BEARS=TIPS and NO ROCKS=BEARS then by the transitive property of equality NO ROCKS=TIPS. Help our fellow drivers get better tips and contribute to a return to the untouched beauty of the land, where man's fingerprint cannot be seen.
( for those still holding onto the idea this is a fun and harmless activity I challenge you to read "Animals in Translation" by Temple Grandin and then let's talk... perhaps whilst kicking rocks.)
THE "THE BEARS ARE IN DYEA" TOUR--- LAST MINUTE TOURS FOR SKAGWEGIANS
This bear obviously isn't in Dyea, but if you are a local you have definitely slept next to him at least one full night...
"The bears are out in Dyea! Let's go!"
"SWEET!!! Who's driving? I'm totally drunk."
"Me too."
"So am I."
"I think I might be ok. Let me finish this PBR. Oh wait, that's a martini. Maybe I shouldn't drive."
"I know! LET'S CALL VADER!"
***This tour is brought to you by M.A.D.D. and endorsed by the Skagway Police Department (or at least if I asked either group to endorse this tour they prolly would...)
"SWEET!!! Who's driving? I'm totally drunk."
"Me too."
"So am I."
"I think I might be ok. Let me finish this PBR. Oh wait, that's a martini. Maybe I shouldn't drive."
"I know! LET'S CALL VADER!"
***This tour is brought to you by M.A.D.D. and endorsed by the Skagway Police Department (or at least if I asked either group to endorse this tour they prolly would...)
THE WHALES-ARE-IN-THE-BAY TOUR---ANOTHER LAST MINUTE TOUR FOR SKAGWEGIANS
First of all, just don't start. I know it's not a "bay". It is a "fjord" but I can't read or say that word without triggering my Tourettes which causes me to bark the word out like a seal or a sea lion which scares the whales away. It's like verbal Inukshuks. The same thing happens when I hear the singer Bjork. It totally got me kicked out of "Dancer in the Dark".
Anyhoo! Whales?! CALL VADER! We will zoom around and find some great viewing spots to welcome our Ohana back from Hawaii. No matter what you call them (Agviq, Kéet, Kohala, Willy) we can brainstorm how to get a saddle on one and ride it to Maui at the end of the season....
Anyhoo! Whales?! CALL VADER! We will zoom around and find some great viewing spots to welcome our Ohana back from Hawaii. No matter what you call them (Agviq, Kéet, Kohala, Willy) we can brainstorm how to get a saddle on one and ride it to Maui at the end of the season....
SWANS IN DYEA OR MARSH LAKE-- spring and fall seasons
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I once went to a party in the spring and told someone I saw 5 swans in Dyea. Someone overheard me and said they saw 10 swans in Dyea. The next person said they saw 50 swans. By the end of the night there were over 500 swans in Dyea and no beer.
Swans in Dyea? CAll VADER and count for yourself. You can even plan ahead and go find swans in Tagish or Marsh Lake. Planning isn't all bad, so I've been told... |
the pink oz tour
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If you've never watched the Wizard of OZ to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon then you are in for a treat! This tour is destined to become a staple item in the years to come. Although when we watched it, Dark Side of the Moon worked with almost all commercials, The Golden Girls, Rachel Maddow, The X Files, The Simpsons, Xena: Warrior Princess,
9 to 5, Friends, Antiques Roadshow... |
THE CREEPY BABY EXPERIENCE TOUR
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Experience The Adventures of Creepy Baby with a kick ass slide show of some of Creepy's favorite escapades set to la musica de la Creeps. For 13 years Creepy Baby has been traveling the world compulsively taking photos of random things, stupid signs, gorgeous scenery and breaking down the art of photo-bombing to a science. Creep out your night. This tour is a great rainy day option that might even be offered at a gutter rate jus0t like the kid could afford...
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