Juneau Hotel

... as salmon after salmon was pulled and unceremoniously clubbed in front of us. That said, they are doing good and the populations have soared due to such measures. In addition, fish farming is illegal in Alaska, and any fish coming from there are assured to be wild caught.<br><br>From here, we visited Mendenhall Glacier, just north of town. It is the most accessible glacier in North America. This was put under Forest ...

... a man that worked there since the beginning of the company gave a great talk about how it got started. In the middle of his talk, he took a break for more samples. He was a great story teller; thoroughly enjoyed this!<br><br><br> Drove Glacier Highway. <br> <br>Stopped at Lena Cove to walk along the shore; beautiful views of the cove. <br><br> <br>The Shrine of ...

... the area, its about a minute long.<br>As soon as we got there we were told that there were some bears feeding on the salmon down on a trail, so we went off looking for them. (nervously, on my part, Brad was heading down there quickly). There were two cubs, and when we got there they were up a tree. I've put in some pics, you can kind of see a black fur ball in a tree, thats a cub. Later we saw the cubs come down the tree, as ...

This morning it's up at 5:00 a.m. to see the glacier at Tracy Arm. Get out to deck 14 for the sight and there's fog and it's raining so I decide to go to the buffet to get breakfast. After eating I went to deck 7 for glacier watching. The captain came on and said because of the fog and ice, we're going to Endicott Arm instead of Tracy Arm. Here we will see Daws Glacier and the captain thinks this is a better ...

... there were lots of sealions to keep us entertained We spent our final evening mixing with the locals, in particular "Woolfie" who introduced us to everyone in the pub!

Monday, July 14 Today we sailed almost all the way down the Lynn Canal, from Haines to Juneau. Two days later we happened to be driving along the coast just at the time that our ferry, the Malaspina, sailed by, so I'll post that picture here. We saw lots of glaciers along the way, on both sides; I particularly like the one pictured here, which I'll call "Slalom glacier;" I have no idea what its real name is. We also got a good look at the Eldred Rock lighthouse, the oldest ...

... path, just a few tree branches to hold on to on a steep 70 feet high rock wall. I couldn't even look down because I thought if I slip, I'm gone. I was scared like hell, wanted to cry even, but trusted Jason more than I've ever trusted anymore with anything. When we made it to the other side, I couldn't believe we were there!!! The ground was covered with so many shiny stones that we didn't even know where to look at. We found some nice pieces ...

OK.. now you want to know why I'm having fun?  Nope, I'm not gambling or drinking to excess or line dancing (however I have been known to dance just a tad).  What I am doing is enjoying the dolphins, whales and, most especially, our flight over the glaciers in Juneau yesterday.  We booked an excursion to take a float plane over the glaciers not really sure what to expect.  Turned out to be an absolutely (rare) beautiful day with blue sky and unlimited ...