Juneau

The ferry ride to Juneau from Haines was a short, scenic 4 hours down the coast.  Juneau is quite the busy community, plenty going on and even a minor rush hour at 5pm when all those government workers come home.  We stayed in a full hookup spot on Mendenhall Lake across from a huge glacier.  Besides hanging out at a nice campfire, we did a little sightseeing traveling the whole 30 miles or so of road they have along the coast.  We also took the tramway to the mountain above town.  Of course, I didn't have my Nikon with me so when a bald eagle came soaring back and forth in front of us, I didn't get a picture.  He was close.  There's something majestic about our national symbol, for sure, but when they're so common you see them sitting on a lamp post it takes a little of the prestige away.  We got pretty lucky with the weather and had a couple days with blue skies.  The hiking trails near the campground were great.  However, all good things must come to an end.  We left Juneau, the last Alaskan city on our 2016 Grand Tour, a couple days ago and are in Prince Ruper, British Columbia waiting on the next ferry ride, over to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.  Here are some pictures from Juneau.

I don't get a picture of our motorhome like this every day.  Not a warehouse, the inside of an Alaska Marine Highway ferry.

Downtown Juneau from Mount Roberts.  They get as many as 4 cruise ships sometimes, and the little downtown gets really crowded.  Most people live either on the island at left, Douglas, connected by a bridge or north toward where we were camped in an area called The Valley.

Mendenhall Glacier and Nugget Falls, both fed by the 1500 square mile Juneau Icefield north of town.

A scenic view on our drive north of town

Closeup of Mendenhall Glacier

The view from our campground