Tuesday
9.20.2009 by Colee
Tuesday we were in Juneau. It was not quite as lovely as the day before, but it was still very pleasant. We did a little bit of shopping, but mostly just exploring the town. Did you know that Mt Roberts has over 300 miles of mining track? The highway that runs through Juneau is 26 miles with a dead end on both sides. Seems a little backwards, eh?
We didn’t have as long to spend here, so we walked the group down to the museum, and then Mom and I went back to catch our bus to the Gold Creek Salmon Bake. OH MY GOODNESS. I know it’s just fish, but this was amazing. Fresh caught, cooked over an open fire in a grill cage and covered with a pineapple brown sugar glaze. It brought a tear to my eye. The area was beautiful and it was just a great meal, kicked back feeling. It was so kicked back I wasn’t even worried when the shuttle came to pick us up 20 minutes late. We got back to the ship and were literally the second to last persons back on before they pulled up the gangway.
After Juneau, the ship made its way up the Tracy Arm toward Sawyer Glacier. This was by far the prettiest leg of the trip. The water was a creamy dark green and the hills, oh the hills. You’d think we had never seen mountains before. We made it as far as we could until there was too much ice for the ship to keep going. The captain and pilot did a great job.
Tonight the show was called Cirque Pacific. It was a combination of the singing and dance troupe and the Chinese acrobats….it was really a good show, and everyone seemed to enjoy it. I did not love it. It was just too much all at the same time. It went from ballet to Irish dance to feats of strength to plate twirling to stomp all in the same show. I like each of them, in their own right, but together it was just confusing.
We didn’t have as long to spend here, so we walked the group down to the museum, and then Mom and I went back to catch our bus to the Gold Creek Salmon Bake. OH MY GOODNESS. I know it’s just fish, but this was amazing. Fresh caught, cooked over an open fire in a grill cage and covered with a pineapple brown sugar glaze. It brought a tear to my eye. The area was beautiful and it was just a great meal, kicked back feeling. It was so kicked back I wasn’t even worried when the shuttle came to pick us up 20 minutes late. We got back to the ship and were literally the second to last persons back on before they pulled up the gangway.
After Juneau, the ship made its way up the Tracy Arm toward Sawyer Glacier. This was by far the prettiest leg of the trip. The water was a creamy dark green and the hills, oh the hills. You’d think we had never seen mountains before. We made it as far as we could until there was too much ice for the ship to keep going. The captain and pilot did a great job.
Tonight the show was called Cirque Pacific. It was a combination of the singing and dance troupe and the Chinese acrobats….it was really a good show, and everyone seemed to enjoy it. I did not love it. It was just too much all at the same time. It went from ballet to Irish dance to feats of strength to plate twirling to stomp all in the same show. I like each of them, in their own right, but together it was just confusing.
