Skagway, Alaska

Good decision to leave Whitehorse a day early as the White Pass is closed today due to severe storm conditions and an avalanche somewhere on the Skagway side of Carcross. Apparently some truckers are stranded on the other side and running low on fuel!
Today we took a tour of Skagway which has a winter resident population of 700 souls. In summer the population soars to 2000 residents not including the huge numbers of tourists. The town buildings are still "old town" store fronts. Skagway is one of 16 top cruise ship destinations in the world so a large number of shops are gold jewelers and fur dealers. The liquor store had a very friendly lady clerk who was very informative and helpful. Faye wanted something for the ferry trip so Paul picked up a taste too!
The boat harbor includes a marina with boats still in the water but there were also a lot of boats hauled out. We definitely were the only tourists in town and looking forward to leaving on the ferry MV Taku due to depart at 12:45 am on Saturday. The host at our B&B are allowing us to check out just prior to leaving later tonight.
Time to go get a bite at the Skagway Brewing Co. restaurant downtown... hope we don't get lost along the way!

Later....