Did some journaling this morning and also researching on Trip Advisor of some
Juneau venues. We left around 9:30 for The Shrine of St Theresa. it's about 20
miles North of Juneau and was beautiful. There is a little causeway you walk
out across the waterway to an Island. On the Island is a little chuch and
stations of the cross and other religious artifacts. The whole place was
peaceful and reflective. i enjoyed it. Next we tried to go to the Botanical
Garden next door but it was closed for reasons unknown so we headed to the
brewery. We easily found it in an industrial park by the airport. They give
you three beers of your choice from which they are brewing. They give out
bottle caps to be used as currency. I had the Oatmeal stout, an experimental
Spruce Berliner sour and an Alaskan Red which Libbie also had because she liked
the Red Dungeness crab on the label. I ended up buying a tee shirt with Alaskan
Amber on the front and also a packet of sourdough mix. We drove up the highway
to Fred Meyer and picked up a Boars Head turkey and cheese wrap in a Jalapeno
jam spread. We had this with leftover Tims Extra thick and crunch and water.
Had our sandwiches at the Mendenhall Glacier overlook on Glacier Hwy just as we
did yesterday. This little rest area was a find with a good view of the
glacier and yet convenient to the highway. We packed our trash and put it into
the trahs can on the way out. Next stop was downtown Juneau where we turned on
Main and went up the hill looking for the Capitol. We found it but it was
covered in black cloth since it was being renovated. We found street parking
near the capitol and saw the Juneau City museum across from the Capitol so we
decided to investigate. It was an OK museum. Watched the movie and toured the
exhibits. I liked the traveling art exhibits which consisted of a show by a
local artist of oil paintings. We left the museum around 3 PM and came back to
the BnB.
We liked the Alaska placemats in our room so we asked the home owner, Jean,
where she got them. She said they were from the Tee Shirt shop at the Cruise
terminal. We planned to have dinner on the island at the island pub but changed
our mind since we were going across the river to the cruise terminal. Parked at
the terminal for $2 per hour, 4 hours and bought the placemats. Lots of cruise
ship tourists buying chinese crap! We went to Tracy's Crab shack for dinner
instead of the Island Pub since we were in the neighborhood anyway. We ordered
the Captains Premium leg and 2 bowls of crab chowder for a total of $80. We also
ordered 2 Alaskan Ambers with dinner, my new favorite beer. There was a huge guy
who said he was a chef at our table along with his mother. Both came from the
cruise ship. His Mother was buying trinkets to decorate an Alaskan themed lamp.
I'm convinced this is the kind of clientele that takes cruise ships. Overweight
and not very intelligent. This may be a stereotype but walking downtown Juneau
confims my suspicions. I don't think we had any fat people on our uncruise.
On the way back to the island I stopped for gas to top off the tank for
returning the car tomorrow morning. Got back and packed everything and gathered
our other things for the 4 AM wakeup tomorrow. Our flight is at 6:30 AM.