Cashen Quarters Bed and Breakfast Juneau

... that head again!!!

We trekked up to the ice fall learning techniques to descend and climb along the way. We climbed into a lateral crevice and learned to get ourselves out of it...We balanced on ice ledges and drank glacial water (YUM!). There were water falls in the ice which we decided would make a great water slide on our 100 degree days in New Orleans - but now, it was best to stay as dry as possible ...

... that have 50 amp, water, electric, sewer; really big sites. (made reservations 6 months ago). There were lots of empty sites during our time here.

Juneau - August 1-9

The Mendenhall Glacier is the main attraction in Juneau, and it is impressive! The campground is on the other side of the Mendenhall Lake across from the glacier. At the lakeside park ...

... July 4

We spent the morning doing housekeeping chores. In the afternoon we spent time visiting with the people docked behind us. It is always fun to meet new people and share boating experiences. We had a dock party with drinks and appetizers during the evening with 3 other couples. It was fun and entertaining. Tomorrow we are leaving Juneau and heading in the direction of Glacier Bay.

... best we could have imagined.

"To witness bubble net feeding among Humpback Whales is to view one of nature's most spectacular events. In this form of cooperative feeding, whales encircle schooling fish with a "bubble net" of exhaled air. The whales quickly swim upward forcing fish to the surface. With jaws agape the fish are captured along with 500 to 1,000 gallons of water in the whale's mouth, which features expandable ...

... was over the top. We ate on the ship in the fancy Italian restaurant. Words, other than "very full after three hours of eating" escape me. The meal consisted of 7 cold appetizers, 5 hot appetizers, a soup or salad, two pastas, a main course of your choice, and desert. Oh yes, there was breads too. So you had 15 items to eat before the main part of the meal. It really did take three hours.

I want to thank ...

... journey, with sighting of moose, deer and lots of buffalo! We crossed the border and descended from the clouds into Skagway. Despite the weather (fog and ...

... be late or you would miss the bus and be on your own. He wasn't joking as he pulled out of the parking lot with one family running after the bus. He did stop to let them on but that night at dinner we met up with a women who missed her bus and had to find her own way back to the ship which she almost missed too.

... wish "Happy 4th of July", he says not the date counts but the event, so please wish "Happy Independence Day", and I think he's damn right. We called the reception and were told that the parade would start at 11 am. Another 3,5 h to go and listening to that roahhhhhh. I couldn't sleep any longer and when Jason got up we thought we might as well go and watch those engines a little. When we walked direction downtown, the parade had already ...

... you can eat crab dinner! And, of course, to take another bear picture. Like most tourist destinations there is a lot of junk offered for sale; however, if you hunt for it there are good things to purchase too. Fortunately, living in a caravan prevents purchasing so many many items that we ...

... flat and level from our height. We could see the dark "skid marks" in the glacier, designating the point where two glaciers had merged into one. We passed over several fields of crevices and, as we got closer to the glacier, we could see how really big it was.

The crevaces were rimmed and pitted with towering megaliths of ice. Herbert Glacier was massive and, what appeared to be a rough yet flat surface slowly revealed itself to ...