Many people may be unaware that Juneau is the single state capital that can only be accessed by ship/boat and plane. You continuously see small Cessna's landing in the water next to the port. Anyone interested in relocating to this city may be surprised to know that the city, besides being frozen more than half the year, has forests, glaciers, lush greenery and waterfalls.
Today we had the opportunity of exploring the lush greenery as we hiked up a trail at the end of our tram ride. The trail was called "the Father Brown's Cross (elev. 2030' ) a total of 1.5 miles round trip, but the most beautiful scenery we have ever hiked. Green majestic mountains and a cross at the end (at the summit) to top it off. A true spiritual experience even with visuals to remind us. We also got to see "Lucy" a n adult male bald eagle held in captivity due to her injuries from a gun shot wound to her left eye that left her blind some years ago (it is a crime in the USA to shoot eagles by the way)
Unfortunately other than the daytime activities, there seems to be nothing significant there (in Juneau), it's like the government just gave up ( insert Obama joke ).
We believe (and have the souvenirs to prove it) the entire state lives off of tourism, nevertheless Juneau IS a beautiful state Capital, it's beauty certainly makes up for many of its shortcomings.
Tomorrow we head to our last stop before we cruise for 48 hours and end our cruise in Vancouver. We are scheduled to stop at Ketchikan, Alaska. It is known as the salmon Capital of the USA. Perhaps it's a good idea to have some Lox there.
P.S. We will be at sea on the the "evening" of July 3rd, and all day on the 4th of July. We will not be able to post until July 5th when we are on US soil.
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