Alaska via the Inner Passage

Day 3 - Tracy Arm and Juneau

Woke up earlier this morning, we have lost an hour as we are now in the States and this morning we are cruising up Tracy Arm, which is a fjord to view two spectacular glaciers, called the North Sawyer and South Sawyer glaciers - this whole area is spectacular with loads of small glaciers floating by and we managed i believe for the first time in ages to get right to the end of the fjord.

In the afternoon we arrived at Juneau the capital of Alaska, which is a very small, pretty little town overrun with tourists, as there were 4 cruise ships in port and it seems that now this town survives on just that.

Just about every shop is selling something touristy and i think those cash registers were ringing up a storm! I walked round the town, unfortunately there was cloud so we couldnt really see the surrounding mountains very well.

However they did break through sporadically and i managed to go up the hill abit at the back of the town to have a look at some of the houses, all wood, very interesting and very attractive architecture. Got back on the boat round 6ish, its a 25 minute walk from the town and of course, what comes to mind.... food!

I think tonight i will take it abit easy, as we have an early start tomorrow when we arrive at Skagway at 7.30am with a train trip into and over the mountains into the Yukon!

Street views of Juneau

Um Taxidermy is rife in Alaska, poor sods!