Yesterday the Bombay Curry, a new restaurant opened in Skagway. Today, because of some custom/tradition they served food for donations only. The donations they collect go to a local charity or group in the community. Bombay Curry chose the local daycare center, Little Dippers. The food was very good. It was full of flavor and quite different than the normal Skagway fare. Hopefully it will do well.

This afternoon we went on a hike and rafting tour. In order to train new people for these tours the companies offer reduce tours to the locals. This is a great way to train and to introduce the locals to your products. Especially good if the locals are the ones working in the store where the tourists ask the question “What is there to do around here? What better advertising can you get?

The trip began with a van ride to the trailhead of the Chilkoot Trail. This trail is the one made famous by the Gold Rush of ’98. This is the trail the prospectors took to go from the Inside Passage to the Klondike Gold Fields. The trail is 33 miles long, steep in some places, flat in others and at times wet or snowy. To be allowed to enter into Canada a prospector had to bring with them a Ton (2000#) of goods. This was usually done in 50# packs. That meant each prospector had to make that trip 20 times. That meant each prospector walked 660 miles just to get his grub stake to the border. What determination they must have had!!!!!

























During the hike our guide, Katie pointed out various plants and convinced some of us to taste them. Some of the plants you can tell why they were named like they were, such as the Devil’s Club. The stalk is just covered with sharp little needles. The tops of the Fiddle head ferns curl just like the top of a violin (fiddle). The hike was beautiful.

At the river we met up with Chris, the owner, he made the trip with us from there. Katie is learning how to handle the rafts on the river. The Taiya River is a relatively shallow, slow moving river but it is very narrow at places. The water is from the snow pack and the glaciers, so you can guess it is cold.















Along the way we saw a couple of Eagle nests and a lone Eagle watching the people float by. The float was about an hour long and was a lot of fun. At the end there was pizza and soda. Really a great trip.