Chet18013
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Right now we are in Fairbanks and are finished with the ferry rides. We have had eight on and off stops which were a great deal of fun loading and unloading our 45; motor home. Our daughter and grandson flew to Juneau to spend two weeks and travel with us to Fairbanks.
While in Juneau, we were at an RV park right at the lake which is the base of the Mendenhall Glacier.
There is a stream that flows right through downtown Juneau where we were able to look down on spawning salmon. If you look closely, you can see the red salmon eggs that have been deposited in the stream bed between the fish.
The eagles were just down stream and were having a feast on the salmon carcass.
We took the ferry from Juneau to Haines and spent 5 days there. One of the local attractions was the Hammer Museum where they had over 2000 hammers on display and are storing another 500 which they hope to display in a new building.
While in Haines we took a 2 hour flight with Mountain Flying Service over the glaciers of Glacier Bay. It turnouts that Paul, the owner who was our pilot was the one who reported the massive landslide on June 28th on Johns Hopkins Glacier. We flew over it and the sight was quite impressive.
We took two days to drive from Haines to Fairbanks. Since arriving we have visited Gold Dredge #8 and taken the Riveboat Cruse. Both of these attractions are very well done, but designed to get the tourist to spend $$$s.
While in Juneau, we were at an RV park right at the lake which is the base of the Mendenhall Glacier.
There is a stream that flows right through downtown Juneau where we were able to look down on spawning salmon. If you look closely, you can see the red salmon eggs that have been deposited in the stream bed between the fish.
The eagles were just down stream and were having a feast on the salmon carcass.
We took the ferry from Juneau to Haines and spent 5 days there. One of the local attractions was the Hammer Museum where they had over 2000 hammers on display and are storing another 500 which they hope to display in a new building.
While in Haines we took a 2 hour flight with Mountain Flying Service over the glaciers of Glacier Bay. It turnouts that Paul, the owner who was our pilot was the one who reported the massive landslide on June 28th on Johns Hopkins Glacier. We flew over it and the sight was quite impressive.
We took two days to drive from Haines to Fairbanks. Since arriving we have visited Gold Dredge #8 and taken the Riveboat Cruse. Both of these attractions are very well done, but designed to get the tourist to spend $$$s.