We began the day by exploring downtown Juneau, and all its wonderful shops and attractions.
Mady, of course, was attracted to the stuffed life sized animals...
We made our way to the Governors mansion. We were hoping to see Sarah Palin, but then we remembered that she quit and it was some new guy living there. He didn't seem as interesting...
We did our shopping on the way back to the ship, so we wouldn't have to carry all the bags. Mady got tired, so we had to carry her too.
We dropped our bags off on the ship and then it was time for our whale watching tour. I was so excited to see whales!! That was one of the main things i came to Alaska for. We set out on a chartered boat that had a heated indoor area and a top deck you could stand on and look off of.
Of course i picked the top deck!The scenery from the ship was breath taking!
We saw a beach full of sea lions in the middle of nowhere...
This was only a small sampling of them. They were so loud, and they were splashing around in the water like it was summer time! (well, technically it was summer for them, lol)And then came the whales...
They were both far away and close to the boats. They even swam underneath the boat! But they were very difficult to capture on film.
Mady loved the whales...
She gave them an "a-ok" in her book...
It was so beautiful!
We then made our way via bus to the Mendenhall Glacier. It was ginormous and breath taking.
Do you see the size of those floating ice chunks?!
Check out that waterfall!
Just plain gorgeous...and i mean both Mady AND the glacier :)We also saw Bald Eagles circling...
By the time the tour was over, we were all pretty worn out from our amazing day. It was one of the most wonderful days on our entire cruise!
Stay tuned for more cruising with the Stiffies, tomorrow :)
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