Skagway was an old mining town before the gold ran out and tourisam moved in. It actually is the best town so far, including Anchorage. There is the White Pass and Yukon Railroad and a busy main street (there are no other streets) with restaurants, bars and gift shops. There are a huge number of jewelry/diamond shops! Apparently the diamond merchants follow the tourists. Now it’s Alaska, and in the winter they close up the shops here and move to the Caribbean. They must be making a lot of money because there are so many of them.
Not a lot of marine life so far but there will more further south we hear. Anyway, it was nice to get on land and walk around. Much better than being herded onto buses and trains for hours.
Tomorrow is Juneau, the capital city of Alaska so that should be even better.
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