A day after the wedding, Sarah and I have found ourselves with plenty of time to explore Juneau. Today we got up and were met John Wray and his wife who took us to breakfast at the Douglas Cafe. We had a great breakfast (see alaskafoodie.com) then were taken out to a couple of trailheads above our state capital. It actually gave us a plan to hike Mt. Roberts tomorrow. From the top of Mt. Roberts we can take the tram back down to the street our hotel is on.
After driving around with the Wray's, we got in our rental and drove back over to Douglas and all the way out to the north end of the island. We didn't really see any trails we wanted to take, so we drove out to Eagle Crest, Douglas's ski resort, and took about a 40 minute walk along one of the nordic ski trails.
We then got backin the car and took off for the Glacier Hwy to see how far it would take us. On the Juneau side of the Gasteneau bridge the weather cleared up a bit, and we were treated to a beautiful drive all the way out to the end of the road. We turned around and drove back to Eagle Beach where we took a short walk out to the where Eagle River meets the sea.
We drove back to the valley for a quick snack and then out to Mendenhall Glacier to take a look. The weather was clear right over the glacier, and we saw the sunshine on the beautiful blue glacier ice. Sarah and I were both a little tired, so we decided to keep our visit short and head to dinner.
For dinner we made our way back to Douglas and the Island Pub for some amazing pizza (again, see alaskafoodie.com). After dinner we stopped by the Alaska Fudge store and treated ourselves to some marginal fudge. We called it an early evening since we are planning the hike tomorrow. It is supposed to be a sunny day with warm temperatures tomorrow...can't wait.
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