Our shore excursions take us to the Mendenhall Glacier and the Glacier Gardens.
As we arrive at the glacier, we visit a stream where Salmon can be seen and a special guest visits :
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The Glacier:
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Time to leave the glacier and visit the gardens:
Welcome to Glacier Gardens Rainforest. Fifty acres of Southeast Alaska's lush rainforest offering landscaping, floral design, and scenic vistas. For most of the Glacier Gardens tour, visitors sit in small golf carts, winding their way through a largely untouched forest on the back side of Glacier Highway. Small landscaping touches - such as log borders on the path - are visible along the way. "Flower towers," upturned trees whose sprawling root structures have been transformed into flower beds, are the primary attention-getter from tourists.
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We lunch at the Red Dog Saloon after our mourning excursions:
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Last stop in Juneua is a ride on the Mt. Roberts Tramway:
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An injured bald eagle being kept by the forrest service:
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View of our ship from the tram car:
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Find the bald eagle in the tree:
