The morning we sail through Tracy Arm, see the glacier (which I didn’t realize was a glacier – duh!) …
…. and arrive in Juneau ahead of schedule on another incredibly sunny day. It’s so nice today, that we are able to hang out on the pool deck in the sun for a while before we disembark. Incredible weather!
Today we are taking the Flavors of Juneau tour – not as active, but sounds fun!
First we go to Chez Alaska, a cooking school where we have a demonstration of zucchini wrapped salmon and red wine and strawberry sauce over ice cream. The chef, Anna, and her husband, Jerry, are funny and informative, giving us a great insight into what living in Alaska is like. The food is great too – and we find that we really do like salmon – if it is fresh! And maybe even the right kind. What we had today was Sockeye which was fantastic. So – we’ll see when we get home what we can find.
Next stop is Mendenhall glacier. We’ve been before, but it is so neat, it’s worth the repeat. It is one of the few glaciers you can almost walk up to and touch – our tour guide/bus driver told us when he was growing up you actually could walk up to the glacier. It’s receded too far to do that now though. We hike down the beach for better views of the Glacier and Nugget Falls, then head back to the bus.
Our final stop of the day is the Alaskan Beer Brewery. Great local brewery with a wonderful story. Ed loves the beer (and I don’t mind the White Beer they have our for summer), and the tour was great. They also have a collection of beer bottles from all over the world. None from Asheville though, so we got a business card and promised to send them bottles to add to their collection.
We then sample a lot of the different beer they had on tap, grab a t-shirt and coasters, then head back to the bus and the ship.
Once in town, we go to the Alaskan Brewery store for another shirt for Ed, then back aboard.
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