Wednesday
morning was the first morning that I have woken up feeling 'normal'
since the trip started. I beat Darryl out of bed, and went up to
watch our sailing up the passage from the Crow's Nest. The views were
very picturesque. We arrived at Juneau around 9am, and Darryl headed
up Mt Roberts (there is a perfectly good cable car going up the
mountain, but of course he chose the steep track instead). I had
booked my Helicopter and Mendenhall Glacier walking tour. This was
absolutely fabulous! It was the first time I had been in a
helicopter, and flying up and over the mountains was thrilling. Just
as we passed the ridge, there was a steep drop over a cliff. On the
way we saw the sheep, and on the back an eagle perched high on a
vantage point. This company runs 3 helicopters at a time, and the
guides tell you about the glacier, and show features. It was a
beautiful sunny day, but of course cold on the glacier. As the
glacier is moving, crevasses are opening up all the time, and go down
a long way. We also saw a collapsed ice-cave, which had been there
only a few days before. Around lunch time Darryl and I caught up
again on the ship, then went our separate ways again, me to the
public library (cruise ship wifi is extremely expensive), and he to
check out the town. We spent time chatting to Bill and Dale before dinner,
and I was planning to go to the Filipino Show at 11pm, but went for a
nap before-hand and then just couldn't make myself get out of bed to
go.
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