Thursday, June 23, 2011

This morning we started out with room service -- 10 minutes early as usual. 

We were in Juneau today and had booked an excursion to Mendenhall Glacier and Gardens.  This is the 4th time I have been to Juneau and had never been to Mendenhall Glacier so we finally decided to go this time.  The part of the tour that I really enjoyed was the visit to the Gardens.  This is some land that some people bought and turned it into the most beautiful gardens.  It is really hard to describe but I will try to post pictures later.  After about an hour at the gardens we went on to Mendenhall Glacier where we went into the Visitors Center.  It was really crowded so we didn't stay in there long.  There was a walk to a really pretty waterfall that Krista walked out to.  I woke up with a head cold this morning and didn't feel like walking that far so I took a short walk to a lookout point and then found a bench to rest on until she got back.  They told us the walk to the waterfall was about 45 minutes round trip but she walked it much faster than that. 

When we arrived back at the ship after the excursion I went to the drug store in town and bought some medicine and then we went back to the ship.  It was really hot outside today.  We went in and got a quick bite to eat and then went to the room.  Krista went to the spa and had her free massage that she had won.  When she got back I told her she should walk to the Mt Roberts Tram and ride up to the top.  I had never been up there because it had always been yucky weather when i had been in town and the weather was perfect for it today.  She stopped by Chase and Lauren's cabin to see if they wanted to join her but they weren't there so she went by herself.  Soon after she left Chase and Lauren came to my room and kept me company.  We had a nice visit.

Tonight we had reservations at the Pinnacle Grill for the special Le Cirque dinner.  Everyone enjoyed the meal and said it was good (I couldn't taste mine). 

Tomorrow will be our last port day and we will be in Ketchikan.  We are going to see the Lumberjack Show.  That is always fun.  I hope to feel like going into the shops.  This is such a fun town.