Juneau

Juneau

Next port, Juneau! The biggest city we went to, although it looks pretty quiet in this photo. We arrived at 7am and offboarded before the crowds descended and got a chance to look over the city before we caught a bus that took us to Mendenhall Glacier, about 12 miles away.

Mendenhall Glacier

Our first glacier, and it is overwhelming and beautiful! We took a short hike from the visitors center to Nugget Falls and to get closer to the glacier. The icebergs in the lake were enormous and so pretty as the float down to the river. Again we were very lucky with the weather, there was not a cloud in the sky which made the glacier extra blue.  The photo does not do justice to the beautiful color of the ice.

Nugget Falls

Next to the glacier was Nugget Falls, which flows from Nugget Glacier and falls 377 feet.  You can get an idea of the size from the people in the photo.  And yes, the water in the lake is very cold!  We did not see any bears, although there was a sighting the day before. We did see their tracks in the soft land by the lake.  And we saw some mountain goats lazing in the sun on the side of the mountain.