Juneau

From Ketchikan, our next port of call was Juneau, the capital of Alaska (bet you thought that was Anchorage, everyone does!). In the morning I headed off to do some walking on a glacier, while Mum and Annie elected to explore the town instead, but in the afternoon we all went on a float trip down the Mendenhall River... it could be called rafting if there had been any real rapids, or if we had been required to paddle! But instead we just sat there while we got paddled along! Hardly an adventure sport, until we got stuck, and were required to "shimmy" or "bounce", but fortunately we never had to go "high side"!

The Radiance (as you can tell, we were quite attached to the ship!). Our balcony was two cloors above the bright yellow life boat:

Mum looking back on the five cruise ships in on the day we were there!

Annie, at the naffest saloon we have come across so far (although we have not been trying):

The interior decor of the Red Door Saloon:

On a helicopter flying to a glacier!

Landing and taking off from the glacier:

Looking sexy in crampons and full survival gear on a glacier:

Yep, walking on water!

More beautiful glacier views, spoiled only by me!

Looking amazing in our rafting / float trip suits, with Mel and Andrew, a honeymooning couple from Sydney who know some of my brother's friends! Small world...
The Mendenhall Glacier, not a bad backdrop:

Floating down the river, huge mountains in the background:

Iceberg, dead ahead!

Say what you will about cruise ships (and believe me, we have said plenty!), the service can't be faulted. Every night, as they turned down our beds, they would leave us a little present in the form of animals made from towels. The sunglasses were our own addition after a couple of drinks in our favourite bar...