I awoke early and lay in bed around 5:15 AM. I
heard the ship horn go off around 5:30 and decided to take my
shower and finish packing for leaving. Our bags have to be out
at 7:30 which is when breakfast starts. I went down to the
lounge at 6:00 to get a cup of coffee. Samantha was setting up
the continental breakfast which is available at 6:30. GPS is
showing that we are approaching Juno. Through the fog I can
make out buildings on shore along the channel on our approach to
Juneau. I returned the book, the Complete Poems of Robert
Service to the ship library. I'm going to order this book from
Amazon or eBay. We packed our suitcases and had them outside at
7:30 AM. Jose stopped by and said the credit card was declined.
I got a text from Capital One which i acknowledge that it was me
who was using the card. We made the $1500 deposit for our next
cruise on the credit card and it appears to have gone through.
The tip amount of $800 was the issue. They were going to rerun
the batch. After a breakfast of cream cheese omelet with
Anaheim peppers and bacon we said our goodbyes and marched out the
gangplank. The entire crew was in a line greeting each person
individually. We used the wifi at the centennial hall while
waiting for our bus to the airport. In the meantime we walked
through downtown looking at a book store and an Alaskan Crafts
building. Our shuttle driver to the airport at 11:45 was pretty
entertaining. His name was Jake and is a college student
studying Mandarin at a college in Utah. He dropped us at the
airport where I tried the rental counter of Enterprise. It
turns out my reservation was in Fairbanks, not Juneau. The
nice lady got me fixed up with a Juneau rental. We stopped at
the hatchery on the way to the AirBnB. Libbie inquired about
the power failure. They did lose some fish but mostly saved the
run. Found our AirBnB on Douglas Island. Met Jean who did not
get our text this morning. Sprint which is used by Republic
Wireless does not have any coverage in the juneau area. We are
on the third floor of a split level. I really like the house.
Our room is incredibly huge. Our host Jean gave us a pass for
Mt Roberts which is the mountain overlooking Juneau with a tram
to the top. We ran down to the Foodland IGA and picked up
cereal, milk and blueberries as well as a bottle of Ravenswood
Cab and a block of sharp cheddar cheese. We sat on our deck
next to the bedroom and had wine and cheese while watching ships
in the harbor. We saw the Endeavor across the channel and the
progress of events for the new crowd. The embarking and the
fire drill. A little after 6 I woke Libbie up and we headed
out to dinner. We found on street parking in front of the
Alaska hotel and meandered down the street to Tracy's Crab shack
where we met Lynn and Linda. It was pretty crowded with cruise
ship people. I ordered 2 cups of the crab bisque and a Captains
Premium ($45) dinner which consisted of 2 Alaskan crab legs with
one of them being a killer claw. Libbie and I had 2 Alaskan
Ambers to complement the meal. It was a delightful evening
having dinner with friends in a pretty informal restaurant if
you can call it that.

After we parted at the docks we used the pass from the BnB and too the Tram to
the top. There was only one other couple on the Tram. They were from Boston
and staying at an Air BnB. I looked for coffee at the top but found some very
expensive $16 bags of coffee. On the way back on Douglas island I found a small
convenience store where I was able to pick up and bag of Klondike Heritage
coffee.