Slept great. Linda got up right away and got a latte from the Cova café. I got ready quickly and when Linda came back she told me that she saw whales. So I raced out the door with camera, binoculars and video camera to the deck. I saw many whales swimming around breaching and blowing water in the air and showing their tails. It was such a cool sight to see. The kids saw the whales from our window so everyone started the day very happy. Went to the Dining room again. More French toast and perfect eggs Benedict. I lost a game of shuffle board to John which I will want to seek revenge on.

We watched the ship dock in Juneau at 1PM just like they planned. Lunch was a bit crazy – everyone wanted to eat before they got off the ship. So we headed off at 1:30 and found a tour of Juneau and the Mendenhall Glacier. When you get off the ship, there are lots of tours to choose from and cheaper than on the boat. It was a good tour. The 45 minute tour of the city was informative and the 1.5 hours trek to the glacier was just enough time to experience it and snap a bunch of pics. After we got back, Linda took the kids to some shops to her chagrin and John, Shelly and Dad and I went to the Red Dog Saloon for a few Alaskan Ales. Yumm. We went back on board and had supper at the buffet – some sushi, pasta and pizza. Dropped the kids off and then went back out to shore. Had another drink at the Red Dog Saloon and did a few shops and picked up another 6 Pack of MGD.

I really enjoyed Juneau and would like to visit it again - seemed like a great place to go off into the wilerness and camp and hike and explore.

Around 11PM I went up to the nightclub and wrote all this up and checked out my pics of the trip. The tunes started out as Motown and a few oldies but now they’re playing Nickelback, G’N’R, ACDC and Shakira so I’m diggin it. John was supposed to join me but he never showed up until much later.

One thing I would change is everyone carrying walkie talkies. You spend so much of your time looking for people. Up and down 10 floors and back and forth between the front and back of the ship. It’s a lot bigger than I thought and hard to find people. These peanuts I’m munching on at 1:30AM are going to kill me tonight. Must stop eating them.
Tomorrow is Skagway. We arrive at 7AM and leave at 5PM. Wonder how the day will pan out. We have no plans right now. Hope the weather was as perfect as it was today. Funny, we packed gloves and sweaters and winter jackets for the day in Juneau and we didn’t even need jackets. Sunny warm skies sure made it a fabulous day.