A Juneau Wedding - Congrats to Scott & Sarah

Sarah and I are in Juneau through the Memorial Day weekend. My friend Scott, the Glacier Swim Club coach, got married today and we decided to travel down to celebrate his marriage to Sarah (his Sarah, not mine).

We got in last night and checked into the Westmark Baranof Hotel. The rooms are nice enough, but they are pretty warm with no AC. This morning we got up and had dinner in the hotel's Capital Cafe, check my food blog, alaskafoodie.com, for the review. After breakfast Sarah and I picked up a pint of Crown for the groomsman who were already out at the church and then headed there ourselves.  We were warmly welcomed upon our arrival...I suppose it might have something to do the the Crown Royal, but who knows.

The wedding was held at the Shrine of St. Therese out on 23 mile Glacier Hwy.  It is an incredibly picturesque location and it was a great service.  It was great to see the smiles on both of their faces.

After the wedding Sarah and I made our way to the reception by way of the new Juneau pool adjacent to Thunder Mountain High School.  It is great with an 8 lane 25 yard pool, water slides, a lazy river, beach entry, and 3 shorter fitness lanes.  I am jealous and really wish Anchorage could have a facility like the Dimond Park Pool.

The reception was great with good food, beer, wine, and fellowship.  Robby took over the cooking and we got to eat some of the salmon that we had caught earlier this month during the Sitka Coach's meeting.  After the cake cutting we played a little corn hole (aka bean bag pitch).  It was fun, but my partner (Scott's dad) and I got crushed.

After leaving the reception, Sarah and went back to the hotel to rest before heading to dinner.  We had an 8pm dinner at the Hanger on the Wharf (see the review at alaskafoodie.com) and are now recovering.  Tomorrow we are having breakfast with a couple from Juneau, and then maybe we will go for a drive and/or go for a hike.