Alaska Cruise
July 2014
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Juneau
Wednesday, July 16
Weather: Partly cloudy, Hi 66
10:00 AM | Arrive in Juneau |
10:30 AM-3:30 PM | Whales, Glacier & Rain Forest Trails (5 hr) |
3:30-5:30 PM | Alaska State Museum (closes at 5:30 PM) (didn't do this) |
5:30-10:00 | explore Juneau: Capitol building, public library (didn't visit capitol, only briefly at library) |
Mt. Roberts Tramway (1+ hr at top – closes at 9 PM) (~4:30-6 at Mt. Roberts, then back to the ship for dinner) | |
10:00 PM | Depart Juneau |
Fitbit stats:
To bed: 11:16 pm, Got up: 8:12 am (8:36 asleep)
Steps: 10,599 (4.97 miles)
Floors: 43
After breakfast at the lido buffet, we met up with our excursion tour group (provided by Gastineau Guiding) and headed off by coach to the harbor where our whale-watching boat awaited us. The tide was out when we left. For comparison, the next photo is from our drive back when the tide was in.
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![]() tidal flats (in) |
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On the way back to the harbor, we passed some Stellar sea lions resting on a bouy.
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Rainforest path to Mendenhall Glacier.
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Mendenhall Glacier
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A beaver pond on the way back from Mendenhall Glacier.
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![]() beavers' lodge |
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We were given snacks on our excursion, and when we got back to port, we had a late lunch at the ship buffet. I spent a short time at the public library near the dock trying to access their wifi to upload photos to facebook (but failing miserably). Then we walked over to the Mount Roberts tramway to buy tickets and ride the aerial tram up the mountain (not to be confused with a funicular, which is similar but travels along a rail rather than a suspended cable).
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There are a number of walking/hiking paths at the top of Mt. Roberts and we spent about an hour and a half up there before returning to the ship for dinner.
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