Highlands Bed & Breakfast Juneau

... shy Fairbanks, which is in second place. Another distinction is that Juneau cannot be reached by road. Everything &#8211; and I mean everything &#8211; has to come in by air or sea. <br><br>Our morning was occupied by an organized visit to a local salmon hatchery, which was enhanced by our arrival during the peak of the King Salmon run. They were, literally, everywhere, swimming upstream. At this hatchery, which ...

... road leading out of Juneau that runs parallel to the shore.  Then we traveled back to town and went through the part of the city that houses state government, including the capitol and governor's mansion (minus Sara Palin who left town for good!).  From there we decided to go to the town of Douglas across the harbor to have a late lunch at a waterfront restaurant there.  After eating some of the best pizza we've ever had, we headed back to the ferry dock in Juneau to turn in our ...

... they weren&#8217;t very good to eat.<br><br><br><br> Walked part of Perseverance Trail to the Ebner Waterfall; stunning views across the gorge!<br><br><br><br>On our way to Montana Creek, we had a glimpse of a black bear crossing the road. Before we were able to get a really good view, it went into woods. Didn&#8217;t see a bear at the creek<br><br><br> Macaulay ...

... close by but we did not see any grizzlies unfortunately. After Wrangel we went to Ketchican which was a real contrast to Wrangell. It has nothing but gift shops for the many cruse ships that stop there delivering over 10000 people a day. It was hideous as people spent there time aimlessly wandering about diamond and fur shops. There was absolutely nothing else there so we decided to get away from all the hordes. We went for a hike up Deer Mountain. A 3001ft ...

... a little café to get our fix of espresso, and walked through the streets looking at the shops which mostly sell t-shirts, carvings, trinkets, and jewellery, it seems 50% of the shops are jewellery shops.<br><br>This afternoon Kylie and I had different tours. I went zip-lining (Kylie has a fear of heights) while Kylie went whale watching and visited Mendenhall glacier. My zip lining tour included ...

... mountains is the Juneau Ice Cap, a large ice mass from which about 30 glaciers flow; two of these, the Mendenhall Glacier and the Lemon Glacier, are visible from the local road system; the Mendenhall glacier has been generally retreating; its front face is declining both in width and height. The current Alaska State Capitol is an office building in downtown Juneau, originally built as the ...

... were so many of them!) before we went to the estuary. There we saw a very enthusiastic young male hunting, and then a mother with two (yet again, adorable) cubs ...

... one person's ride on the canoe. Then the real adventure began. We took it to the shore of the lake and pumped it up. I got into the bow, facing backwards, as one should in a rowboat. Dick, with his boots, shoved us off and got into the stern, but the only way he could sit was facing forward. Where the other two people would have fit in this 4-man boat I have no idea, although we came nowhere close to the maximum ...

... that they get all greedy and don't let you pass or anything. One lady even had a metal detector! Jason and I had a different target: Getting close to ice field on the other side of the creek. We head off to look for a possible path and all of a sudden half of the people rush in our direction and pass us as they are afraid we will find gold where they could be instead and take it first. We stay cool and dig further in the woods. I try to ...

... to Douglas. That tiny village doesn't really have anything, no downtown or anything but a beautiful beach called sandy beach. We went for a small walk along the water and enjoyed the nature. Getting chilly and a little exhausted, we head back and rest for a little before finishing this terrific day with a nice dinner: Chicken in the stove with pesto pasta and some red wine. Delicious, delicious. And there a beautiful day ...