Daily Didactic
We started the day early in our room in the very cool Silverbow Inn, in downtown Juneau. Todd, Cori, and Theresa all went for runs in town and Brian ran downstairs for a cup of coffee and complimentary breakfast. After everyone was back and fed a few hours later we all climbed back in the bus and headed to do some shopping for the Chilkoot Trail. We started at Fred Meyers, then hit the Sporting Good store in the mall by the airport, and then tried Walmart for some hard to find items.

The shopping list mostly retired, we headed for a little touristing at Mendenhall Glacier. We peered at the ice, visited the visitors center, and milled with the buses of cruise ship folks until it was time to find lunch. Lunch, it turns out, was back at Fred Meyers. Food in hand, we headed to the chaotic Juneau Alaska Marine Highway terminal. We have been to a bunch of ferry docks in the last week, but Juneau is something all together different. There were two ferries in dock and a few more circling in Auke Bay waiting for their turn. There were people and vehicles all over, and the whole thing felt more like a busy day in an airport. We waited in line on foot, and then waited in line in the bus.

As it was looking like spots in the sun on the solarium might be a little competitive, Todd and Cori walked on and secured us a corner up top. It was another gorgeous bluebird day on the solarium and we napped and gawked at the scenery off and on for the six hours it took to get to Haines and then Skagway. We rolled off the ferry at 9:30 and parked the bus in our old standby downtown RV park and campground, Pullen Creek. We headed for another old standby, the Red Onion Saloon, missing a late night meal but catching some really good music.

Downtown Juneau, at the Silverbow Inn		Looking at Juneau from across the bridge to Douglas
There were around a hundred cruise ship passengers and , oddly, no bears		Brian and Theresa, trying to get out of the glacier's way
Icebergs		Todd and Cori toying with glacier
Very pretty		Road shot, onto the Malispina
That's Todd, way up in the back left corner		This will work
Yep		Theresa, ready to make this home
Yesterday's ride, the Fairweather, racing back to Juneau		Waterfalls off the icefield
A lighthouse on an island		More ice field and glacier views
It's all...		...just very...
...spectacular scenery		Dinner, made by real chefs
At Haines it was time to pull out the bags		More water heading for the sea
Another way to travel		Ferry style
Skagway on the horizon		The Malaspina, we like this one
Leaving our SouthEast ferry adventure behind		Late night in the Red Onion Saloon. Check out the sweater

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