Skagway

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We were going to follow Murray's guide but the guys weren't up for the drive - so we cancelled the car and just hung out. We found out they have a National Park tour that starts at the railroad station. They only give out a limited number of tickets (according to the information we saw) and we were running late - but decided to head that way and see if we could hop on.

As we approached the train station we see a Park Ranger gathering her group around so we just sort of squeeze our way in the back of the crowd and tagged along. It was very interesting. The tour was suppose to be like 30 minutes but lasted almost an hour. The lady giving the tour was really into it. It was very interesting and the best part was - IT WAS FREE. They do take donations.

Another thing we found was a True Value Hardware Store that had really nice window hangings - they were local flowers pressed in glass with a frame around it - with Alaska painted on it. They were an Alaskan made item (not from China) and very pretty. I bought 3 of them for gifts. I think they were $7.00 each and nicer then a lot of the "trinkets" they sell.