We had a bit of a rough night - came out of the sheltered waters to enter the Pacific Ocean and travel down to Sitka. When we awoke (alarm at 6am for Jess and I, before going on our tour) we were already moored. Sitka doesn't have a wharf, so after Jess and I breakfasted we gathered with our tour companions in the theatre and were taken by tender over to the town. We had a tour of Sitka (including schools, Macca's, Subway and their only set of traffic lights),...

Today was just magnificent - the sights, the wildlife amongst the bergy bits - absolutely, awesomely wonderful!!

Wow - no entries in my diary for this day and I do recall it was wonderful. We were taken into the wilderness to a place called "Liarsville" - set up like a frontier campsite. We panned for gold, we were entertained by ladies of the night, we saw beautiful malamutes, and we were fed the most wonderfully delicious barbequed Alaskan Salmon! Any memories girls??

Wow - what a sight when we awoke!! We can finally see little islands covered in forests, and seals popping their heads up alongside the ship. the whoe area is just soooo serene, sooooo beautiful, so quiet as we slowly, quietly motored along the Inside Passage. We also saw lovely waterfalls and bald-headed eagles, and many snow covered mountains. We arrived at Juneau around lunch-time and then went on a tour to the Mendenhall Glacier (didn't get as close as I wou...