North to Alaska, Shadowmeboy's Jewel Shimmering Pictorial Review

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Our first glimpse of Mendenhall Glacier

 

 

We arrived at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center.

 

 

 

Its very pretty.

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Nugget Falls in the distance.

 

 

We headed out on the Nugget Falls Trail

 

 

 

It started out as beautiful walk.

 

 

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the rain started to move in

 

 

 

Nugget Falls from the quick rest stop under a tree.

 

 

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Nugget Falls and Mendenhall Glacier

 

 

 

Nugget Falls

 

 

 

Susan took a selfie!

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panorama from Mendenhall and Nugget Falls

 

 

Here we are.

 

 

looking back at the Visitor Center

 

 

We started heading back and it started raining harder.

 

 

We finally made it back. We were cold, tired, and soaked.

 

After exploring the Visitor Center, we headed out from Mendenhall. We turned to the heater up in the car to help dry out.

 

We went to Safeway and got sandwiches from the deli.

 

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After lunch, the weather had not improved much. So we headed back into the main part of town. We had plans to visit the Shrine of St. Therese, but none of us wanted to walk out to the Shrine in the rain and get even more wet.

 

 

The Jewel at AJ dock

 

 

We drove by the Capitol Building.

 

 

We headed back down South Franklin street.

 

Susan dropped Jenner and I off by the tram. Susan and Jenny were going to drop the car off and catch the shuttle from AJ dock. Since there were 4 of us, the car was more economical even for the short time we used it. Taking the blue bus would have cost us $120 dollars. Rental car and Mendenhall Entrance fee ($5 per person) cost us $96.00.

 

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Once Susan got back, we traded our shore excursion vouchers from NCL into the tramway.

 

 

These are our tram tickets.

 

 

Only took us 4 visits to Juneau to finally do the tram!!

 

 

Raining again

 

 

 

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We explored the top of the tram for a while and then we headed down. It had socked in a bit while we were up there.

 

 

 

 

 

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Time for some shopping!

 

 

 

a must stop shop

 

 

Susan is really excited about going in here!

 

 

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Susan loves their selection of sugar free chocolates. we ended up getting three bricks of fudge and several pieces of chocolate.

 

 

our fudge

 

 

Susan follows Caribou Crossing on Instagram, so we had to stop by. We found a few cool items. Our favorite is a glass whale tail.

 

 

 

Had to stop by the Alaska Shirt Company

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Talking to Jenny before heading in. They were headed back to the ship as they were done with their shopping.

 

After finding a few treasures, we decided to head back up the tram. Tram tickets are good for unlimited rides on the day of use.

 

 

 

 

Up we go!

 

 

cleared up a bit.

 

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The Juneau Raptor Center has a Bald Eagle at the top of the tram.

 

 

 

Tram wires

 

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Upper tram loading area.

 

 

 

 

Holland America exiting Juneau

 

 

Bald Eagle in a tree as we went down the tram.

 

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We were exhausted from the day, so we headed back to the ship. Shuttle to AJ dock.

 

 

 

Passing South Franklin Dock

 

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down to the dock.

 

 

 

 

I collapsed on the bed when we got back. I was exhausted and ended up taking a nap for 45 minutes.

 

We started getting ready for dinner.

 

 

Susan showing off her new earrings, bought at Caribou Crossing.

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Celebrity Infinity taking leave of Juneau.

 

 

of course we had to take pictures!

 

 

 

 

Best Photo of all four of us on board.

 

 

after photo's, we headed up to Cagney's for dinner.

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Cagney's menu

 

 

 

Lump Crab Salad

 

 

Shrimp Cocktail

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Arugula Salad

 

 

Baked Potato Soup

 

 

Wedge Salad with Cheddar instead of Blue Cheese

 

 

Shrimp Linguine

 

 

Grilled Jumbo Skewers

 

 

Porterhouse

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Grilled Sea Bass

 

 

Dessert menu

 

 

Oreo Cheesecake

 

 

Raspberry Creme Brulee

 

 

Macadamia Nut Ice Cream Sandwich

 

 

Susan looking lovely after dinner!

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As we were walking deck 7 starboard, we saw JC Sanchez was coming from the 9:15 pm show.

 

 

we ended up talking for almost a 1/2 hour and took several funny pictures.

 

 

 

We returned to the room to find this little guy.

 

Susan and I got ready for bed and fell into a restful sleep.

 

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Going to stop here for the night! Skagway tomorrow is very picture heavy. Till tomorrow!

[ccndfw]

Looks like a great trip! Loving all the photos.... can’t wait to see more!

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Love the Alaska fudge company! Thanks for another amazing trip report!

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Looks like a great trip! Loving all the photos.... can’t wait to see more!

 

Thanks for following!

[shadowmeboy]

Love the Alaska fudge company! Thanks for another amazing trip report!

 

You are welcome.

 

Once I am done with mine, I need to read through you new Bermuda review. I started reading but then got started with this review and haven’t had time to read much else.