Bob Burrell (b. 01/21/1954) is a resident of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Bob is married to Cathy Davis Burrell and together they have three sons. Bob met Cathy in Skagway, Alaska while working as a surveyor for the Alaska Department of Transportation on the Klondike Highway project in 1977. During the summer of 1977, Cathy and two friends ventured from Saint Paul, Minnesota to Skagway to work in the hospitality industry and find adventure. What resulted from this adventure in Skagway are 32 years of strong bonds and lasting friendships. Bob moved to Petersburg in 1967 with his parents. Bob’s father was a general contractor on Midkof Island until he retired in 1986. Bob graduated from Petersburg High School in 1972. During the summers of 1974 to 1977, Bob worked for the Alaska Department of Transportation as a surveyor. In the summers of 1975 and 1977, he worked on the Klondike Highway project and lived in Skagway. In 1978, after graduating from Oregon Institute of Technology, he left Alaska to begin an engineering and surveying career and raise a family in St. Paul, Minnesota. A month before leaving, Bob and his wife Cathy hiked the Chilkoot Trail and made a promise to each other at the end of the Trail to return to hike it again in 25 years. Bob and Cathy returned to Skagway in June of 2003. Together with friends from Juneau, Bob and Cathy made the 33-mile journey over the Trail.