I think Kevin convinced them to go to Petersburg for a girls weekend! Sitting in a car after a few weeks of not traveling at more than 15 mph felt fast! And Kevin seemed to think that the stripes on the road were “suggested guidelines.” Hmm. After retrieving the car, Kevin went into Travel Juneau and had a fun 30 minute chat with Cara and team who gave all sorts of fun recommendations and were truly interested in our travels. On Saturday we decided that we would rent a car and explore the area while waiting for the package to arrive. But they were fantastic, so we’ll give it a thumbs up!
Most expensive halibut tacos and beer ever. We took advantage of the opportunity to sit outside in the drizzle and enjoy some halibut tacos and Alaskan White beer. But having seen the mountains around Juneau since then, I am sure it would be an amazing ride. Of course it was very overcast and drizzly so there wasn’t too much to see on this day. Zoe was itching to explore Juneau and who were we to disappoint her? We wandered into town to see a mix of government buildings, cruise-ship oriented tourism destinations (trinket shops and jewelry stores), restaurants (again with broad menus!) and a very cool tram that apparently offered amazing views of the area. Ever.Īfter a few nice chats with Dennis, who was managing the harbor that day, we came into Harris Harbor Marina and tied up. Kevin is a Gold and I’m a 75K so it totally makes sense that our packages arrive via Alaska Airlines. Thanks so much Emerald Harbor Marine and Visit Juneau! #iflyalaska. Thank you thank you thank you Visit Juneau! With that figured out, and after more scrambling from Larry and Kelly on our behalf, we knew that our package would be coming in to Juneau on Alaska Airlines (#iflyalaska) the next morning. Until we called Visit Juneau and explained our plight, wondering if they might have a suggestion? They kindly offered to receive our package for us! They explained that of course, being Visit Juneau, saving the day for visitor vacations was totally in their wheelhouse. We were starting to believe that people were indeed not very nice in Juneau. (not specifically one of these brands) type places. And, to add to the fun, they are only open for an hour. Unlikely that the USPS will receive our package with open arms. Nope, they suggest the Post Office, General Delivery. An address? Well, how about the marina (Port of Ketchikan). Instead, you have to have an address to deliver to. No of course not, that would make too much sense. And you can’t deliver it to a FedEx office. What what?!? Nope, you need to do what is called FedEx Same Day Service in order to get it there the next day (which of course was Friday to complicate things and shorten the window to get the package vs. As it turns out, you can’t simply overnight a package to Juneau from Seattle. Larry, the owner of Emerald Harbor and Kelly in the office ran around to make magic happen. That didn’t happen until almost 2 pm on Thursday. Kevin had a satellite phone/email chat with the good people at Emerald Harbor Marine and we then noted that we would reconnect when we achieved real cell service.
We encountered super friendly people who helped us immensely.Īs our Maretron weather station failed in the Williwaw storm the night before, we needed to get a new part and Juneau was the destination. We also read that the residents of Juneau are exhausted by all of the cruise ships and aren’t as friendly to small boat cruisers as other Alaskan communities. There is one area of the downtown that resembles this remark but there is much more to Juneau.
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June 15 – Tracy Arm Cove (No Name Cove) to Juneau: 44.5 nm.Īs I may have mentioned in our last post, we weren’t planning to go to Juneau at all, as we had heard it was super touristy and full of gold and diamond stores targeted at cruise ship passengers. And now we are in Sitka, boy are we behind!īut enough about that for now, back to our Juneau, Funter Bay & Hoonah visits. I wrote this as we took a 3.5 hour ride from Glacier Bay back to Hoonah for a quick night on our way toward Sitka. Time to catch up again! We’ve been in Glacier Bay (which will be in our next post as it deserves its own post entirely) and the scenery kept our eyes busy.
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