Day 6 - Juneau

Woke up at 6AM to continued gorgeous weather.  At around 8:00 AM Juneau came into view.  It didn't look anything like I remembered it.  That was a little confusing.

My first shore excursion was a 4 mile hike on trails around Mendenhall Glacier.  There were 12 in our group which worked out well. Audrey and Wendy were our tour leaders, 2 young women who were both very knowledgeable regarding the flora and fauna of the trail.

During our bus ride to the trail head I asked if there was another port used by the Alaska Marine Highway.  Wendy said Yes, that it was about 20 miles outside of town which explained my confusion.  In 1979 when Karen and I made the trip up from Seattle that was the port where we arrived.

Our trail was 3-4 miles long pretty much straight up and the straight down....600' elevation gain/loss.  We wandered through a temperate rain forest that was gorgeous.  The hike felt a little fast to really enjoy what we were walking through.  Would love to do it again on my own so I could truly savor it.

The hike ended at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center. There we got our best views of glacier.

It's now 5:30 PM Alaska time.  Time to head back to the ship for dinner.

Tomorrow is Ketchican and bike riding.