[mike in tucson]

Skagway is an interesting town.....in the summer at least three of those huge cruise ships dock every day. The town is swamped with people until supper time and all the cruise people go back to their boat. The ships leave somewhere after dark and another comes in. The people in town had two faces....one for the cruise people (and their money) and another for the non-cruise visitors....we were in the latter group. One storekeeper asked what ship we were on and I said "we don't ride no steenking ships." Their attitude changed immediately and they were really nice people. Of course, the entire town depends upon the $hip$ for their livelihood.