Goldbelt Hotel Juneau

... br><br>The next day, we boarded the "Captain Cook," an Adventure Bound boat that took us on an all-day excursion to the Tracy Arm Fjord and Sawyer Glacier.  Once we were in the fjord, we started to see icebergs in the surrounding waters - brilliant blue and in wonderfully curved and pointed shapes  - mother nature's ice sculptures.  As we got closer to Sawyer Glacier, more ice appeared - we were amazed at our captain's ability to smoothly maneuver through these waters.  Sawyer ...

... the seals floating on the ice pieces. Went right next to the solid rock wall where the guillemot pigeons with red feet go into crevices in the rock. On the way back, we were fortunate to see humpback whales breaching over and over again; one was right next to the boat&#8212;WOW! The captain said he only sees this once or twice a season. Could even hear their calls to ...

We have spent the last two weeks traveling down the inside passage of south east Alaska. We have been traveling by ferry through some beautiful islands and fjords where the water has been glassy and calm and the weather has been lovely and sunny. We have visited Juneau, Hanes,Sitka, Petersberg, Wrangel and Ketchikan. We really liked Hanes, Petersberg and Wrangel as they are small fishing villages with real character and characters. The cruse ships rarely if at ...

... borough to form the current home rule municipality. The area of Juneau is larger than that of Rhode Island or Delaware and almost as large as the two states combined. Juneau is nestled at the base of Mount Juneau and across the channel from Douglas Island. As of the 2000 census, the City and Borough had a population of 30,711. The U.S. Census Bureau's 2005 population estimate for the ...

... salmon about 2m away from us! The next adventure was Pack Creek, an island only accessible by air or sea where the grizzly bears live. Our flight was delayed a few ...

Tuesday, July 15 We woke up to unexpected sunshine and walked down the short path from our campsite to the shore of Mendenhall Lake. We could see the glacier in the distance, and there were little icebergs floating around close to our shore. We longed to get close to them, but this was clearly no water for swimming! An ad in the Juneau tourist brochure offered a ride on the lake in a native canoe, but when we called ...

After all the trouble with the initial hotel we were at, I also want to share all the fun things we did when we moved to the most creepy Bergmann Hotel. And there is a lot about gold! We started off a beautiful sunny day with a yummie breakfast at our favourite place, where even Harrison Ford ate breakfast the same morning, but we didn't get to see him. I enjoyed a delicious sundae yoghurt with granola and real fruits!! They also have the best ...

... 1:45 h we got to its top with a tram observatory for lazy people on an height of 1800 feet. It was a little exhausting, yes it was and so we were very much looking forward to a well deserved beer. But, I still don't get it that I have to bring my passport where ever I just want to sip something, so only Jason gets a refreshed beer and I get a mix that is supposed to be self-made gingerale, but I pass on it. My heart warms ...

... Brian and Laura came and found us. Brian asked how it went and then grinned -- he'd found Adam's wallet in his camera bag. It had fallen in there when Laura had grabbed Adam's jacket to use as a pillow on the boat. We were so happy that I kissed Brian on the mouth and, noticing some other people looking at us, I squeezed his butt for good measure.<br><br>Now, in good spirits, we went to the Red Dog Saloon to celebrate with root beers all around.<br><br>