Got up in the morning and had breakfast before getting all geared up for our glacier adventure. When we went to check in at 9:30 am, we were told that our tour had been canceled due to the foggy weather…uh oh. We were fortunately able to book another tour for 5:15 in the afternoon.
After going back to the ship to shed some layers, we set out to explore Juneau. We hit a few tourist trap shops and proceeded to an info booth to look for things to do. After a long conversation with Bob, who was wearing two name tags, about what to do we decided to head out to the Alaskan Brewing company and then to go to the fish hatchery. Then something strange happened…Bob left with us and we realized that he didn’t work in the info booth at all, he just liked beer and was recommending that we drink some.
We chose to same some money and take the city bus to the brewery. (saved about $15 on that leg of the trip). The brewery was great! All very good beers. We sampled seven different ones in all, about 6 oz or so of each…all free! Very helpful and informative staff. My favorites were the Alaskan Amber and the Oatmeal Stout. The smoked lager was unlike any beer I had ever tasted, but was also excellent.
After the brewery we were waiting for the bus and a woman came and sat next to Jane and asked where we were from. We had a nice conversation with her for a couple of minutes until the bus came. Just before it got there she said “I’m in jail right now… at the half way house” as she pointed at some trees…we hurried on the bus.
The fish hatchery was very interesting. The water outside the entrance to the salmon ladder was teeming with fish. It seemed as if you could walk over the water while only stepping on full grown salmon. We watched briefly as they clubbed the fish before removing the eggs and sperm to make babies (they were about to die anyways as their journey back up river was over).
On our way back to get ready for the glacier we split a cab with a woman and her four kids…which she had no control over.
Juneau isn’t really that nice. It was pretty dirty and kind of strange. Wonderful scenery around. About 30000 people live here. It is the smallest state capital by far. Did I mention that there are literally no roads that go here...you have to come by boat or plane.
After going back to the ship to shed some layers, we set out to explore Juneau. We hit a few tourist trap shops and proceeded to an info booth to look for things to do. After a long conversation with Bob, who was wearing two name tags, about what to do we decided to head out to the Alaskan Brewing company and then to go to the fish hatchery. Then something strange happened…Bob left with us and we realized that he didn’t work in the info booth at all, he just liked beer and was recommending that we drink some.
We chose to same some money and take the city bus to the brewery. (saved about $15 on that leg of the trip). The brewery was great! All very good beers. We sampled seven different ones in all, about 6 oz or so of each…all free! Very helpful and informative staff. My favorites were the Alaskan Amber and the Oatmeal Stout. The smoked lager was unlike any beer I had ever tasted, but was also excellent.
After the brewery we were waiting for the bus and a woman came and sat next to Jane and asked where we were from. We had a nice conversation with her for a couple of minutes until the bus came. Just before it got there she said “I’m in jail right now… at the half way house” as she pointed at some trees…we hurried on the bus.
The fish hatchery was very interesting. The water outside the entrance to the salmon ladder was teeming with fish. It seemed as if you could walk over the water while only stepping on full grown salmon. We watched briefly as they clubbed the fish before removing the eggs and sperm to make babies (they were about to die anyways as their journey back up river was over).
On our way back to get ready for the glacier we split a cab with a woman and her four kids…which she had no control over.
Juneau isn’t really that nice. It was pretty dirty and kind of strange. Wonderful scenery around. About 30000 people live here. It is the smallest state capital by far. Did I mention that there are literally no roads that go here...you have to come by boat or plane.
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