After a good night’s sleep, we woke up as the ship docked in Juneau. We had a light breakfast before walking into the town to do some exploring.

Juneau, along with Honolulu, is one of the only two United States capital cities that has no roads connecting it to the mainland. Additionally, due to the extremely rugged terrain surrounding the city, Juneau is not even connected to the rest of Alaska by road. This makes Juneau a de facto island city in terms of transportation, since all goods coming in and out must go by plane or boat, in spite of the city being located on the Alaskan mainland.

Our first stop was the gondola that took us to the top of Mount Roberts, providing a lovely view of the area.

View from the top of Mount Roberts in Juneau.
View from the top of Mount Roberts in Juneau.

From there, we walked to the Flume Trail, a nice boardwalk along Gold Creek.

Keith and Andrea on the Flume Head Trail in Juneau.
Keith and Andrea on the Flume Head Trail in Juneau.
Keith and Andrea on the Flume Head Trail in Juneau.
Keith and Andrea on the Flume Head Trail in Juneau.
Totem in Juneau.
Totem in Juneau.

We got back into the township late in the morning. We walked around for a while before going back to the ship.

Juneau township.
Juneau township.

In the afternoon, we spen some time touring the ship’s bridge, which we really enjoyed.

Andrea on the ship's bridge.
Andrea on the ship's bridge.
Keith on the ship's bridge.
Keith on the ship's bridge.
Andrea learning about maritime flags.
Andrea learning about maritime flags.

We spent the rest of the day just relaxing on the ship.

Andrea getting ready to take a photo.
Andrea getting ready to take a photo.
A local seaplane.
A local seaplane.

We had a lovely dinner before retiring to our cabin for the evening.

Andrea and Keith at dinner.
Andrea and Keith at dinner.

Overnight the ship will be sailing to the Inian Islands, and then we’ll move on to Icy Strait Point later in the day.