Saturday Sept 5...ferry from Skagway to Juneau for the day...

We book passage for a day trip to Juneau on the fast ferry "Fjord Express". We find on the ferry the ladies from Washington, Charlie (yes a girl,Bud's wife) & Sharon (Rob's wife). Also on the ferry we meet a couple that introduces themselves after they hear we are from Tennessee. They are Wendell Evans and his lovely wife from Tazewell, TN. For those that don't know, Tazewell is where my daddy is from. Turns out they are friends of my aunt Frankie (small world). They are on there 6th trip to Alaska.

I get to see the canal from Skagway to Haines this morning on the fast ferry and it's as lovely as I thought it would be. The Lynn Canal is rich in animal life. We see Stellar Sea Lions, Dall Porpoises, Eagles, Bears, Whales, and lots of birds! The glaciers & waterfalls are more beautiful from the water.

Once in Juneau, Mikey gets into shopping. OK the only reason he liked shopping was that he found himself an eagle souvenir.

We also find lunch at old saloon. Turns out the Red Dog is famous in Alaska & McMinnville. It's full of atmosphere and fun. The floors are sawdust & there's lots of dead animals on the walls. Mikey finds the most interesting to be a hand gun that belonged to Wyatt Earp.

After a few hours in town, the bus picked us up for a short drive to Mendenhall Glacier. That was too cool in so many ways.

We both really enjoyed our day in Juneau and the ride back at sunset was great!