One-month report

One month has passed since I arrived in Skagway. I recognize some people on the streets and a fair amount of my sources know me by name — things that are bound to happen when your town has only 2,000 or so residents and three people putting out the newspaper.

I have a much greater understanding of the town than I did when I was being a tourist my first day, and I've managed to learn a lot when I'm not rubbing my beard or looking at my beard or talking in Spanish with the Bulgarian girl who works at the popcorn store. So here's a brief summary of Skagway as I know it.