Karyn's Day: Marvellous Medenhall Glacier.

It rained steadily all night and continued until late afternoon. Soggy, steady rain. Straight down, no wind and not particularly cold. We caught a taxi to the "town's" glacier...Medenhall. I have always wanted to see a glacier. And blue ice. As I caught first sight of the glacier I burst into a big smile...it was huge and just there!! It looked strong and silent. We had the visitor centre and the pathways to ourselves and walked to the waterfall that is adjacent to the river of ice. Despite the weather we stayed in the area for the morning.

Taxi back to downtown Juneau. After hot chocolate and a bit of lunch we visited the native Cultural Centre and the City Museum. After fur trading in the early 19th century, Junaeu's next appeal came with the discovery of gold. We now have a deeper appreciation of this area' s history. We spoke to an artist who was carving the yellow cedar. If you ask a question, everyone is only too willing to relate their story and heritage.

After a wine in one of the numerous heritage pubs in town, we found The Twisted Fish down by the wharf. We had read about it in a local paper. With fresh fish, crab and prawns, it was a delicious meal.