Tourist for a day

Skagway, AK, May 6
Actually we felt like tourists on Friday on a training run to Carcross, about 40 miles from Skagway. The sun came out. And stayed out for nearly an hour. This was the longest period of sunshine we have seen since arriving. It made the snow on the mountains really look sharp.
Leave it to the enterprising local merchants at the Red Onion to give us a Cinco de Mayo celebration in the anything-but-Mexico like weather. Mexican buffet, all you can eat, $7. You won't find dinner any cheaper. You won't find dinner at all if you don't arrive when they start to serve. No food 30 mins. after the buffet opened. Of course it did encourage those who like a bit of alcohol with the tex-mex-skagway style soft tacos to down a few.
For those with keen eyes, double-click on the pic of the list and check out what items you had to have to enter Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush. This isn't a wish list or a reccommended list; this is you better have it list or we won't let you in. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police had this list and, like Santa Claus, were checking it twice to make sure each individual had the required - - mandated, actually - - items; about 1-ton (2,000lbs) of goods which cost around $500 and had to be carrried up to the Mountie station / border crossing before the gold seekers could enter Canada and continue another 550 miles to get to where the gold was found.
It's raining so we're hiking. This is the end of a day of training we did by attending a number of local attractions. It was put on by the Skagway Chapter of the Alaska Travel Industry - - quite informative and free.
Back to the hike which was a short one up to Dewey Lake and pretty popular judging by all the locals who didn't mind the rain either.
We've had a NOAA ship in port for the past 3 days - - that's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency