We arrived in Juneau at 1 pm and got off the boat at 1:15 to walk around until our excursion to Mendenhall Glacier at 2:30.
DAVE HERE: I did the short version of the glacier tour, short walk right to the viewing area and an elevator to the visitors center. The rest of the crew walked a couple miles to see a waterfall. The immensity of the landscape, the mountains, the ocean, the glacier, is overwhelming. The glaciers are formed by snow falling on the surrounding mountains in great quantity, 100 ft or more, compressing into ice and sliding in the valleys and thence into the sea. It’s hard to take it all in when viewed. We viewed from so far away that we don’t get a good grasp of the actual size of what we are viewing but even from far away they appear immense. I guess the closest we viewed the glacier from land was a half mile. We saw people in canoes and kayaks paddling closer. Wish I had known of that opportunity. Also saw and photographed some salmon swimming upstream.
Our ship is over 900 ft long. Our rooms are near the stern and many of the activities are near the bow. I figured out that six trips is over a mile. Tough on me using a cane.
Finished excursion and went to a little bar for drinks then back to boat for dinner. All Aboard is 9:30 pm and boat will travel to Skagway overnight. We are scheduled to arrive at 7 am.
While out on our walk, there was a beautiful waterfall that I got very close to and got some good photos. Also had a great photo opportunity to view the glacier. Just amazing the size of it and knowing it is all snow and ice.
Saw some salmon swimming in a little stream. I haven't seem salmon swimming around before, they are usually already filets.
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