Still in Juneau

8 July  2014

Before I forget while we were in Haines, we travelled a back road and met a lady who lives on the side of a mountain she is in her 70s, we asked her about her house up on the cliff she told us it is up 201 steps which she climbs at least once a day, she carries up a 50lb bag of dog food and all her groceries, is she in shape or what.

Back to today we went back downtown and bought raincoats they are reversible and warm we paid $20.00 for them what a bargain.

Had coffee and a bun and walked in the rain it rained all day.

Decided to take a drive we went to the end of the road each way north and south, then we took a cruise thru the residential area if you want to see hills come to Juneau, people do a lot of walking here and you don't see too many overweight people, it seems this place is good for your health.

Went to the famous Red Dog Saloon for fish chowder and a beer, excellent

Then off to bed

9 July 2014

Today it started off raining but not for long, we went back downtown as I was having trouble with my camera and there was a repair shop there the lady showed me a trick of how to fix it, hopefully it won't give me anymore trouble.

From here we went to Mendenhall glacier it is a glacier that you can get quite close to if you are able to walk out about a mile.  There is a beautiful water fall to the one side.  Very beautiful spot.

Went to the place called Ocean Ranching this is not a farm raised place.  The salmon come back here to spawn, what happens here is the fish return to where they were bred, what happens when they come up the fish ladder they are separated male & female the eggs are taken out and the sperm from the male is mixed with the eggs, they are put in an incubator until they hatch then put in holding tanks until they are a little bigger then let go, they will go out to sea for about 5 to 7 years then return here to spawn and die,  The dead fish are used for dog food and fertilizer so nothing goes to waste.

After here we went back up to the residential area again to take a video to try and show how high the hills are, we had a good time experimenting with this.

Talked to a local and asked where to get good fish and chips he recommended a place just outside of town, he was right they were very good.

Spent some time at the water and watched all kinds of eagles, with the salmon coming in they are going to be well fed.

Now we are here doing the blog and wasting some time until we go to the ferry dock, we will wait there for our ferry.  We have to be there for 4:30am so we are going to stay on the dock.

Hope we can find a wifi in Sitka that's where we will be next.

Again no pictures wifi too slow