Juneau Alaska

I was up at 5:30 am.  The sun is up early so it us harder for us to sleep in even with blackout curtains.

Breakfast was served in main dining room.

​Almost every day in the mainstage, we have a talk on the next port of call.  Tomorrow, we  will be Denali and the talk gave us a lot of information.

We start to disembark and I noticed the National Geographic expedition ship docked near us.  Those cruises sound like they would be very fun.

Expedition ships are small so they can get into places a large cruse ship could never hope to go.  This one has small boats to get to shore and explore.  Some excursion ships include a small submarine.

Off ship for the bus ride to the Mendenhall glacier.

Mom decided not to hike to nugget falls.  We did and it was impressive.

We met back up and headed to the visitor's center.

There were a lot more flowers here than I expected.

Back on the bus to shop in Juneau.   Then Mom went back to the ship to rest. 

We did a bit more shopping and then decided to go to the Red Dog saloon.  Years ago Kevin told me he would go to the saloon when their ship was in town. I can see why he enjoyed this place.  They have a qwerty sense of humor.  The saloon was established in the late 1800's before Alaska became a state.

Two saloons try to claim to be the oldest surviving saloon in Alaska.  The Red Dog in Juneau and the Salty Dawg in Homer.  Kevin visited the Salty Dawg much more often but now Shawna and I have visited both saloons too.  We miss you Kevin.

The walls are covered by mounts, signs, flags from around the world, and some pretty wild posters. One display, supposedly is Wyatt Earp's gun but there is information showing that he was arrested before the date this items was displayed.​ So he probably was in jail.

The staff plays up the old saloon theme even down to the sawdust on the floor.  A piano player known for his rude jokes played directly behind Shawna.

Back to the ship and then we realize we need a small luggage bag for Denali.  Back to town for an over priced bag and then back to the ship.

Dinner, 10 forward for drinks,  mainstage for a comic, ...

He was funny'ish.

Off to our cabins. Mom to bed and we to watch the sail away from our balcony.  It looked like there would be pier runners missing the boat but instead they were just 4 extremely intitled people who made a show of walking slowly and even pausing several times on the way to the ramp.  They walked on board just 5 minutes before "all aboard ".  They were so close to being left behind.