We got so excited about this blue sky! And see the beautiful mountain picture I can take when there is blue sky!!!! This was along the Lynn Canal on our way to Juneau.
Another beautiful picture....and we all soaked it in!!!!
In front of the Mendenhal Glacier....and see the huge field of fireweed. They said that these were 6 feet tall!!!
Mendenhal Glacier. 
These sockeye salmon sure are read. It was very shocking red! Then after they spawn all of their eggs they go further upstream and die within several weeks. But their dead carcasses add a lot of necessary nutrients to the water for the baby salmon....how about that!!!Saturday morning....started with liquid sunshine
We were up bright and early to the sounds of our “coastal weather” dripping on our roof. Oh well…we were ready to get on with this adventure and donned our rain suits and water-proof hiking boots. We had run out of propane last night (RATS), so we hadn’t had our coffee (DOUBLE RATS!), but we were excited about the 2.5 hour catamaran trip to Juneau; so, all was well. We walked the length of two football fields to the Fjordland’s dock. By the time we got there we could see blue sky popping through in the overcast distance.
We made a quick stop in Haines to pick up some more passengers; by that time we had quite a bit of that blue stuff that is called sky! On our trip to Juneau we saw several humpbacked whales spouting and “sounding” (when they dive deep and you can see their tails flip above the water), seals sunning on some rocks ( not harbor seals, but an endangered species), and bald eagles. Whenever we saw the whales or seals the captain would pull around so we could take pictures or listen to the seals. Had a great time.
We met 2 other couples who were retired and traveling like us and really enjoyed our time with them; very funny and ordinary folks. One couple was traveling on a motor bike from Las Vegas and the other tenting also, traveling in a truck. Both were retired military. (With all of our “coastal weather”, needless to say, they were getting pretty soggy in their tents and extra tarps over them.) We had lunch with them and enjoyed every minute.
We had a tour of Juneau, stopped at the Mendenhal Glacier and visitor center, and did a bit of shopping. The “calves” or chunks of ice that break off the glacier contain snow that fell when George Washington was president! Then we saw a creek there where sockeye salmon were spawning. They turn bright red when they get into the creeks or where they are actually spawning! They looked nothing like the salmon Chris caught the other day!
When we got back to Skagway harbor, we were again greeted with the ever present “coastal weather”. We heard that it had been raining all day. Did we luck out!
Sooo…until we “connect” again…
We were up bright and early to the sounds of our “coastal weather” dripping on our roof. Oh well…we were ready to get on with this adventure and donned our rain suits and water-proof hiking boots. We had run out of propane last night (RATS), so we hadn’t had our coffee (DOUBLE RATS!), but we were excited about the 2.5 hour catamaran trip to Juneau; so, all was well. We walked the length of two football fields to the Fjordland’s dock. By the time we got there we could see blue sky popping through in the overcast distance.
We made a quick stop in Haines to pick up some more passengers; by that time we had quite a bit of that blue stuff that is called sky! On our trip to Juneau we saw several humpbacked whales spouting and “sounding” (when they dive deep and you can see their tails flip above the water), seals sunning on some rocks ( not harbor seals, but an endangered species), and bald eagles. Whenever we saw the whales or seals the captain would pull around so we could take pictures or listen to the seals. Had a great time.
We met 2 other couples who were retired and traveling like us and really enjoyed our time with them; very funny and ordinary folks. One couple was traveling on a motor bike from Las Vegas and the other tenting also, traveling in a truck. Both were retired military. (With all of our “coastal weather”, needless to say, they were getting pretty soggy in their tents and extra tarps over them.) We had lunch with them and enjoyed every minute.
We had a tour of Juneau, stopped at the Mendenhal Glacier and visitor center, and did a bit of shopping. The “calves” or chunks of ice that break off the glacier contain snow that fell when George Washington was president! Then we saw a creek there where sockeye salmon were spawning. They turn bright red when they get into the creeks or where they are actually spawning! They looked nothing like the salmon Chris caught the other day!
When we got back to Skagway harbor, we were again greeted with the ever present “coastal weather”. We heard that it had been raining all day. Did we luck out!
Sooo…until we “connect” again…
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