First glimpse of a glacier
When we woke the morning after leaving Ketchikan, the ship was already docked in Juneau. After showering and breakfasting we left the ship and spent the rest of the morning sightseeing.
Neither my wife nor I were particularly interested in the tourist-y downtown area so we immediately headed off to the Tongass National Forest. We caught our first glimpse of a glacier while walking in the Tongass National Forest near Juneau. You can see it in the photo at the top of the post.
We continued walking until we reached a very scenic waterfall.
Following that we returned to the ship, got lunch, and rested for the remainder of the day.
Saw my good friends at church this morning who just got back from their Alaska cruise. They enjoyed the views but said it was cold and rained everyday so they would never go back. Like you they avoided going into Juneau at all. It seems to be the “in” cruise right now. I have a bunch of friends who have gone. It seems like the real outdoors nuts, the types that will hike out for a week or two subsisting on what they carry and harvest seem to like it a lot. Everyone else seems a bit mixed.
Steve