After a brief bus tour through the capital city of Juneau, we headed up to the Mendenhall Glacier. The bus driver was telling lame bear jokes along the way, like, "If you see a bear, just walk away very slowly, because bears love fast food."
Well Mr. Bus Driver, I see your lame joke and I raise you one:
How do you catch a polar bear?
You cut a hole in the ice, and put peas all around it.
Then, when the polar bear comes up to take a pea, you kick him in the ice hole!
Interesting note about Juneau. Even though it's the capital of Alaska, there are no roads that lead into it. The only way in is by boat, air, or birth canal (another bus driver joke).
Anyway...Nat and I found a little trail that led from the visitor's center all the way to the base of this big waterfall. We only had 40 minutes until the bus left, so we ran all the way there and made it in 7 minutes. It must be the lower elevation because I felt great.
We didn't have the kids with us because we left them on the boat in the kids clubs. It was great! You drop your kids, they go play, we go play, and everybody's happy.
After the glacier we went to a fish hatchery where we saw the running of the salmon. It's similar to the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain; there's a bull fish with horns that tries to spear the toro guy. It's pretty sweet. I also saw an eight point jackalope. But seriously, there were a lot of fish swimming up that little river.
This is my artistic shot of the day
And some pretty flowers
And a pretty wife
Notice Nat's beast sticker on her shirt, which is how the Disney crew organized all the tour groups
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And now it's pirate night back on the boat!
Reed - awake for once
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