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After our jam-packed day in Juneau, we had little time to rest. Because, the very next morning (another bright and sunny one), we were docked in the tiny port town of Skagway, Alaska. With a population of less than 1,000, Skagway seems equipped to be solely a town for cruise ship tourists, and little else. We arrived in Skagway early in the morning – before 8 a.m., in fact – and I was amused to find us moored in the midst of a small boat harbor. Our gigantic cruise ship seemed woefully out of place. But, from our docking point just outside of town, I could already tell that Skagway had a charm about it, and definitely some character. A rather bare mountain rose out of the bay on the right side of our ship, and the swatch of rock reachable from the decks was graffitied with cruise line logos, painted flags, and other mottos and scribblings. Riding the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway My family disembarked with others in an orderly fashion and walked less than 100 feet...