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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Day 6 Juneau and Glacier

Day 6 of our trip (Day 4 of the Cruise) found us docked in Juneau, very early, on a very rainy day.

 We discussed going to a Salmon Bake at a place that (on paper) reminded us of the Flying W Ranch in Colorado (with Salmon instead of steak), but ended up deciding to just walk around Juneau, figuring it was a capital city and there would be something to see/do.  Unfortunately, there is not much to do in Juneau at 8 am....Like any other city that appreciates, but doesn't depend on, tourism, there were many stores and restaurants, but most were closed.
We did find a coffee shop


Some fudge


Some State Government buildings


A bear...


And a really cool staircase leading up to the governor's mansion and other sites.


Including this cool house that is "just a house"


We even picked up some gifts and requests for friends in Colorado...and then headed for the (slightly drier) ship.


As we re-boarded the boat we got to quote one of our running jokes---from Pirates of the Caribbean (the movies).  Jack Sparrow says "It's the Pearl" a few times in his funny accent...and, look...it is the (Norwegian) Pearl..The Jewell's sister "following us!

The best part of Day 6 (Day 4? Whatever) came later, when we found ourselves sailing through a Glacier field!



We saw seals


and whales again (sorry, no pictures...they are fast)

 and a boat bringing Alfonso, who missed the boat in Juneau and had to find his own transportation.



The Girl and her crew had a group photo taken...

A beautiful day!










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