Juneau, Tuesday, Sept 26.

We drifted over to Juneau during the night. This morning dawns grey and wet; no good for the guests who planned any flight seeing adventures. We have nothing planned. If the weather clears up we may do the tram ride to the top of the mountain. It is suppose to be a nice view and there are some things of interest at the top. We are in Juneau until 11PM, so if the rain continues we may just walk over to the Red Dog Saloon for drinks later today.

This morning Carolyn has room service and Dick goes to the Square for coffee and a pastry. We work on sorting pictures and some other things needing a computer. We finally got our free internet set up yesterday though, when in port, we can use Dick’s hot spot also.
By 11AM, it has stopped raining.  We head to shore and check out the timing on the tram rides. Hopefully the clouds will lift later on.

For now we are headed to the Red Dog Saloon for a light lunch and some beer. Of course the main street is lined with all kinds of shops that are having a closing for the season sale. They will close Saturday, until May, when the last two ships of the 2017 season leave. Carolyn can’t walk past that many 50-70% off signs with out checking out some of them. She finds a couple of little things along with a tiny, gold nugget that a jeweler fixes for her charm bracelet.

The Red Dog Saloon is a neat place dating back to the mining days. We have always been here when there are four or more ships in town and the place was packed. Today Sojourn is the only show in town and there are only two people at the bar and one table occupied. The decor is part of the fun with all kinds of memorabilia all over the walls. Dick sends our daily text to the kids with a picture of where we are. Almost immediately our son sends back a request for a new Red Dog ball cap. After we eat we go next door and buy a cap and a pin before heading back to the ship.

One last stop to check out a place to go to dinner. Carolyn has wanted King Crab legs since we got to Canada, but they seemed expensive and we have always had king crab on our cruises. Well, not yet on this one! Now maybe we know why. There is a very nice looking crab place right on the dock by the ship so we stop and check out the menu. One....one crab leg in a paper tray with a little ketchup cup of butter is $25.95...just one! So much for King Crab! 

By the time we get back to the ship it is misting so it looks like the tram ride is a wash out again today. We also see a NCL ship has just docked behind us. Back on board Carolyn heads to the afternoon movie and Dick goes to the suite to get his long lens to try and get some pictures of the two eagle’s nests across from the ship. They have put on an afternoon movie and popcorn in the Grand Salon since so many of the tours (the ones involving a plane or helicopter) were canceled today.

We go to the Observation Lounge for a cocktail then head to the Patio Grill for a steak dinner.  Then, we call it a night. It is pouring rain.  It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow, We are scheduled to see the glacier in either Tracey or Endicott Arm.