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Gates A1-A4, B1-B6, and that’s it as far as I know. Drop off / pick up passengers is a breeze because there’s only one easily manageable terminal. Parking garage is right across the street by sky-bridge.

Very cute. Liked this town despite (being part of the) cruise ship tourist infestation.

Temperate climate, supposedly between 30s and 70s pretty much all year. Lovely rainforests.

There is a Wal-Mart. Apparently people come (by boat or sea-plane) from 400 miles around to shop there. Seemed more like middle-of-nowhere cabin country than shopping metropolis, but clearly I have no idea.

Rained all morning. Apparently it rains there like 85% of the days of the year.

For comparison:

annual rainfall in Houston 47"

annual rainfall in Seattle 36"

annual rainfall in Ketchikan 152"

Suck it up, put on some appropriate rain gear, and get out there! We did a bike ride + hike in the rain and it was lovely.

Despite being overrun with tourists May thru September, I really liked Skagway.

The downtown area (while partially gift-shop-infested) is still cute and full of gold-rush era buildings. It actually has access to the ALCAN = roads to Alaska, Canada, Lower 48. It does not have a Wal-Mart. It does have people who drove their campers up for holiday! I would have liked to stay more than just the afternoon.

The White Pass rail tour is really beautiful.