Cruise Alaska (Part 3) Juneau

Day 5 found us in the capital of Alaska: Juneau. Did you know that you can only get there by boat or airplane?!! This is the only state capital that is like that. Do you know how it was named? Two miners were lost and one asked the other, "Where are we?" to which the reply was: "I don't know, "D'youknow?" HAHA J/K that's really not how it was named, but that's what the driver on the tour bus said and I thought it was funny.. Probably had something to do with being relaxed and on vacation!  

Not sure if you can read this or not, but it's the tale of a ship called the Juneau that was sunk..

When checking out things to do here I kept coming back to the Mendenhall Glacier. I thought it would be neat getting close to one so when we got off the ship and saw a tour stand advertising that, we wandered over to check it out. We bought tickets for a bus ride to the visitors center and then walked the trails on our own. It was so pretty there!! 

Mendenhall Glacier

Walking on the trail going to the glacier.. 

We were hoping to see a bear, but nope, only a porcupine. Although there were cameras everywhere from the BBC doing a documentary on bears we didn't see any.

Overlooking the glacier and waterfall

Us.. camera got misty from the waterfall..

and with the glacier in the background..

It was so neat, the beach and mountains combined!!

View from the visitors center..

After a 20 minute bus ride back to the city we found some lunch and let me tell you, that was sooo good!!

I am not a seafood person at all, but this was the best fish and chips I have ever had!!!!

If you ever go to Juneau I highly recommend eating here! 

And because I find Alaskan fishing interesting (Deadliest Catch is a favorite show to watch, except the sailor language..) I enjoyed checking out the fishing vessels in the harbors.. 

We wandered slowly back to the ship after checking out a few stores. After all, you can't go to Alaska without getting baby girl an Eskimo doll. It wouldn't be right!! :)

 Keep an eye out for more cruise adventures!!