Westmark Baranof Hotel Juneau

... the ship later and then I would need a new card.<br><br>The rainforest garden has lots of beautiful flowers. If it's this beautiful now, I'll bet it's even more beauitiful in the summer. This was created after a 1984 mudslide and they have some unique flower pots...so to speak. The man who owns the garden used trees that had fallen during the mudslide and placed them upside down in the ground. Then he ...

... And the weather and the park itself were stunning, including Mt McKinley which was out in all its glory again - two days in a row, the locals were gob-smacked. There is only one road, and after the 15 mile point only the Park buses are allowed. The road is dirt and to try to minimise the dust and the effect it has on the plants they spray a chemical on it. They can't seal it because perma-frost doesn't do seal well (the same reason most of the Top of ...

... that you can go for a walk in the Rain forest. You can go on wildlife tours, visit museums, churches and go shopping. We did an hour tour of the town ($20pp) and then did some shopping. With the Russian history in the area (the Russian sold Alaska to the US) there are a lot of Russian souvenirs. I expected the shops to be really expensive but the souvenirs were very reasonably priced. Got a great fleece jacket for $20. <br> <br> The ...

... nice people doing that jigsaw. The food on the ship was to die for especially the Baked Alaska dessert, we ate in the evening mainly in the Rotterdam room but we did enjoy the Lido Restaurant which was buffet style and lot more casual. We went to the formal night tonight and got dressed up. But you didn't have to go to the ...

Well we made it back from our big hike out to Eagle Glacier. We started at around 11am on Sunday with our 40lb packs and arrived at the cabin at about 2:30pm. It was a long 5.5 mile hike and rained the entire time. When we got to the cabin there was another couple there still sleeping. I think we startled them a bit as they begin shuffling around and packing up their things. They were really nice, but all we cared about was getting out of the rain ...

... typing errors. Then the other thing that will make the trip a trip I will never soon forget, this woman. She would be the kind that has a comment for everything. Talks excessively and well has no concern for anyone other than her self. Truthfully, she was not only getting on my nerves but many others as well, even the captain finally told her off. It was kind of amusing. Anyway, so at Juneau, we were taken in to town and dropped off at the ...

... umbrella. There is not really a fashion culture around here, but if there is one thing that is considered to be out of fashion, than it's for sure umbrellas. And, for sure we don't want to be out of fashion, so we adjust ourselves to the Alaskan way of life and get nice and wet. No matter how much rain or wind there is, we are brave and go out. I never thought I wouldn't even mind, we get all soaked, but hey, we just take it! Good thing is that ...

... as a bartender but has also been waiting tables lately. The thing is that he starts at 5 pm till 11 pm so we only have a few hours a day together during which I'm super tired and Jason jumping around me all the time, which I still enjoy like crazy. The idea of me working is that I can cover the rent of the room which is 1000 USD a month. In addition, the cost of living index is quite high here so that prices at the grocery store are quite high. Basically I would only need to ...