Alaska Wolf House Juneau

... eyes which were held together with elastics. We were driving down the highway beside the Gastineau Channel swerving and about to plunge at any second. The speed limit was 55mph, but he could only go 45, because he was trying to guess where the lines were and swerving and having nightblindness issues. NObody Spoke! Bill Moore did not utter a word! We just wanted to live! (Hayden just said, I know, it was dead ...

... bedding, etc I noticed the weather forecast - not good. They were forecasting 22 foot (about 7 metres) seas for that night, 25 foot seas for the next day and night. I get sea sick. Later on I was talking to the purser and I told him I was in the solarium, he said that part of the boat would be the worst due to being so high. I asked where else can I sleep and he pointed to the couch behind me. Ah, I thought, good idea. So I grabbed my gear and moved ...

... out of the water. We were so surprised! We watched the killer whales feeding on salmon for a while, surfacing, turning, diving and surfacing again. They were really close to us and even closer to a couple of the small fishing boats. It was another spectacular show. It was a good whale day for us.<br><br>About two hours from our destination we heard a loud thunk in our engine room. Tim went down to check out the girls (Pearl-port engine ...

... 20 people. The 'upside down' tree planters were very interesting. Basically, it's a dead tree stump uprooted and planted into the ground by the truck with the roots up in the air. Then the roots are covered by mesh and <br>moss and dirt for plants. The running commentary from the cart driver was very puny - great for kids; not so great for me....Skunk cabbage is the most prevelant plant in this rainforest but luckily it only smells when the flower is moved and ...

... making "questionable" comments on his view of life. I could not believe you would actually say them in a public place but then this was Juneau.....<br> <br> Ketchikan again had a number of activities to offer, animal watching, zip lining and historical sites. We elected to just walk around visit some shops and read the history boards located in the town. Nice town.<br> <br> I had heard the inside passage was very beautiful but ...

... Without cell phones! With people already getting ready and getting off of the ship! Luckily, as we were trying to figure out how to contact our room steward, the family next to us came out on their balcony, and J passed our room key to one of them, who came into our room and let us back in. We're still not sure how it happened that it locked, as we can't lock it if we want to from the inside. Whatever, all we know is that door wasn't ...

... s and I feel asleep pretty quick. Next day- Sore sore sore from the hike. We took it real easy. We drove around a little bit and found our trail head for the big hike (which is tomorrow) then went home and watched movies until the evening. We then drovre downtown and caught the 6pm show of "Batman The Dark Knight"- pretty awesome!! Just a lazy day to relax. The same goes for today. The ...

... a walk to the wharf (4mins) to find the boat nearly full and loaded with a lot of the people from the RV park on a caravan (a group of RV's travelling together in a caravan) previously seen last night at the show. Karon began talking to a woman in the RV group (Bali) we find out she has a son living in Sydney. It made the trip out and back to Juneau quite rewarding to share her adventures as we shared ours during the boat trip. Bali has taken this trip ...

Today was a day devoted mostly to conducting business. We slept in a bit after an early morning yesterday and gathered up the laundry which needed to be done. After breakfast and touching base with home, we headed into downtown Juneau. Our first stop was the federal building as I was hoping to be able to sign up for social security. Without a birth certificate, but with a passport, I was going to try and convince them ...

After debarking the ship, we walked along the waterfront, past the Tramway, to the parking lot to wait for the driver who would take us to the Whale-watching excursion. Again, a light, cold, drizzle of rain may have dampened the spirits of some, but to me it felt invigorating. At the same time the heat and humidity of Missouri was at its height, this weather reminded me of early fall.<br><br>As thick as robins back home, mature bald eagles are ...