Friday morning we reached the city of Juneau, the capital of Alaska. It was a gray and overcast day at the start, but the rain held off and we had a spectacular day.
We rode a bus to a marina where we boarded a boat to go whale watching. We passed another glacier on the way.
The goal was to see humpback whales and we did - but first we saw orcas! Only about 10% of the whale watching trips actually see orcas. It was super cool seeing "Shamu" in their normal habitat.
The humpback whales were so elegant.
And on the way back in we saw sea lions!
We also passed by the Eldred Rock Lighthouse!
Then we went over by bus to the Mendenhall Glacier and Nugget Falls. We had time there to hike back towards the glacier and the falls. It was so pretty and so vast!
When we finished up they took us back to downtown and we got to wander around for a while.
By sheer luck my spiritual director Ronna was also in Juneau visiting her daughter - we met up at a restaurant and got to see each other in person for the first time in several years.
When we got back on the ship we did some more pictures before heading to dinner.
Our towel animal for the evening was a bear.
