Day 25 Juneau

A layover

I wake up at 8:30 AM, roll over, go back to sleep.

I wake up at 12:45 PM, rise and shine.  We must have been tired and too tired to realize it.  Time to go up town for a bit and see Juneau.

In town it is crowded, even with the light rain falling.  Tourist from all over the world are here on big cruise liners seeing the Inside Passage.  Several of the big ships are docked along the bay right at city center.
It is a tourist mecca.  Hawkers are selling jewelry, furs, t-shirts, and knick knack patti wacks.

We are looking for a bellican.  A small one that can be worn as a necklace.  We find big ones but none like the one my mother gave to me.  Hers is small, not even a half an inch tall, with a piece of gold that goes through the center at the naval. It is a good luck charm and is nearly as old as I.  A group of ladies gave it to Mom as a going away present when we left Alaska long ago.

With the rain continuing we head back to the hotel stopping by a grocery store to pick up some supplies for tomorrows ferry trip.  Crackers, summer sausage with caribou,  M&M's, and Diet Coke.  We are set for tomorrow and our voyage to Bellingham.