Juneau
For two days we were at sea. The first night we just got acquainted with the boat and the second night we attended the captain’s cocktail party, which was very lovely. Going to bed that night felt like Christmas Eve because I couldn’t wait to wake up and see what would await us! And then morning came…I think Juneau was my favorite out of all three ports we went to. Our voyage to Juneau was so pretty, snow capped mountains all around and beautiful blue water. We even saw sharks in the water, which we did not expect. Very cool.
When we started to pull up we went outside to see what it looked like, I couldn’t believe what a sweet, picturesque town was before us. You could see a stretch of cute little shops and all the pretty ships in the port. We were in love and we hadn’t even stepped off the boat.
We were super excited for our helicopter tour to the glacier, but unfortunately due to the fog, it got cancelled. I was bummed and wanted to see Mendenhall Glacier. But luckily we found a really cool tour of the city that stopped there. Our helicopter was supposed to land on it, but at only $27 a person for this tour, we were sold. So we headed on a tour bus with some really cool young local guide and we were on our way. First he took us to this really pretty park that overlooked the town. It was a quick stop but really cool. Then we headed out further into Juneau along Eagle Way and I cannot believe how many eagles were just on the sides of the road and in the trees! Truly amazing! We drove by a few more places and then we were finally at the glacier. I guess I didn’t know quite what to expect and when I first caught site of it, I was blown away. The park surrounding it, complete with waterfalls, was gorgeous, but the ice was beyond words! The contrasts of blue and white and the cuts throughout it were stunning. Like nothing I have ever seen before and probably never will again. And as I sat there in awe at the site of it, Frankie calmly let me know that there was a bear about 20 feet in front of us. There he was, a cute little fuzzy brown bear just walking in the grass, he then crossed the gravel street path and continued on to the other side of the park. Stupid people were following him all around like the paparazzi which annoyed me, but there were lovely, knowledgeable park rangers to make sure they didn’t frighten him. We were able to hang out at the park for about an hour and then it was time to head back to the bus.
Back on the ship we met up with our friends who traveled with us and had a nice dinner followed by drinks. They spent the day kayaking we all headed up somewhat early to get a good rest for our next port, Skagway.
When we started to pull up we went outside to see what it looked like, I couldn’t believe what a sweet, picturesque town was before us. You could see a stretch of cute little shops and all the pretty ships in the port. We were in love and we hadn’t even stepped off the boat.
We were super excited for our helicopter tour to the glacier, but unfortunately due to the fog, it got cancelled. I was bummed and wanted to see Mendenhall Glacier. But luckily we found a really cool tour of the city that stopped there. Our helicopter was supposed to land on it, but at only $27 a person for this tour, we were sold. So we headed on a tour bus with some really cool young local guide and we were on our way. First he took us to this really pretty park that overlooked the town. It was a quick stop but really cool. Then we headed out further into Juneau along Eagle Way and I cannot believe how many eagles were just on the sides of the road and in the trees! Truly amazing! We drove by a few more places and then we were finally at the glacier. I guess I didn’t know quite what to expect and when I first caught site of it, I was blown away. The park surrounding it, complete with waterfalls, was gorgeous, but the ice was beyond words! The contrasts of blue and white and the cuts throughout it were stunning. Like nothing I have ever seen before and probably never will again. And as I sat there in awe at the site of it, Frankie calmly let me know that there was a bear about 20 feet in front of us. There he was, a cute little fuzzy brown bear just walking in the grass, he then crossed the gravel street path and continued on to the other side of the park. Stupid people were following him all around like the paparazzi which annoyed me, but there were lovely, knowledgeable park rangers to make sure they didn’t frighten him. We were able to hang out at the park for about an hour and then it was time to head back to the bus.
Back on the ship we met up with our friends who traveled with us and had a nice dinner followed by drinks. They spent the day kayaking we all headed up somewhat early to get a good rest for our next port, Skagway.
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