The ship arrived in Juneau at 8:00 AM and is not scheduled to leave until 9:00 PM giving us a full day to explore Alaska’s Capital City. We got off the ship and went into town to get on a bus that would take us out to the Mendenhall Glacier. On the 40 minute ride out to the glacier we were going parallel to the river and at least a dozen bald eagles sat on the tops of the street lamps looking down over the river for breakfast to come along. The Ice Age ended here about the year 1700 and the glaciers began receding. Today the face of the Mendenhall Glacier is about 3 miles back from where it was in 1700. A huge waterfall was next to the glacier. On our way back to the bus we spotted a porcupine in a tree.
We took the bus back into town and before exploring town stopped at the famous Red Dog Saloon. A lot of historic artifacts in this historic establishment including Wyatt Earp’s gun hanging over the bar. Had to try one of their special shots called a Duck Fart (not bad.) Read the liquor assortment on the menu below (HaHa)
We walked around downtown Juneau visiting shops and then on our way back to the ship stopped for a late lunch at Tracy’s King Crab Shack for a bowl of chowder and to split a giant King Crab leg. The dog statue Nancy is standing next to is “Patsy Ann” a deaf dog who used to greet all the ships coming into port.
