The nice thing about taking a cruise is that if you decide to do any of the excursions that the cruise ship has to offer, everything is taken care of for you. You don't have to think about where you're going and if there will be tickets available or not. There is a tour guide from the area and you get picked up and dropped off right by the ship. We also took advantage of a few hours between excursions to wander around Juneau. There were shops of course, as well as the capitol building, which we toured. It was interesting that Juneau has the largest area of any city in the country and only about 30, 000 people. Alaska also had a big part in the gold rush days. The Klondike Gold Rush to be exact.
An old mining building used in the Klondike Gold Rush days.
A cable car that takes you to the tip of a mountain above the port.
A cute little house in Juneau.
Flags that tell the city's story.
A Russian Orthodox Church.
The capitol building in Juneau.
Alaska's state seal.
Side shot of a humpback whale coming up for a breather.
Humpback fluke.
A deep dive of a humpback whale.
Caught the fluke again!
Sea lions resting on a buoy in the middle of the bay.
Can you believe this is ONE vertebrae of a whale!?!
Michelle, our naturalist, showing a part of a whale's baleen.
On the whale sightseeing boat.
I think Dan was tired of pictures...
This is the ferry that takes people in and out of Juneau.If you want to take your car, you bring it on the ferry, too!
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