The Cold Killer Mob Day
Up at 4:30 and taxied to the airport, through security and off to Juneau where we landed at 6:20. First task after a bus into town, find food and coffee. We did at the Sandpiper. An excellent breakfast and lots of decent coffee. We then went a short distance (good because we are carrying a lot of stuff) to the Alaska State Museum. A class place sharing a building with the state archives. They glossed over the Russian history - we saw a lot more at Sitka - but did a good job on native and recent events. Nice section on WWII that I knew little about. We then took a taxi to our bus to stow the luggage until a four o’clock departure. In the afternoon we walked some of the streets, poked in a few shops and the walked through two floors of the Capital Building. Then down to the dock where we “caught” dinner at the Hanger Pub and Grill with a view of the water where the seaplanes land and enjoyed a Halibut burger. CJH ate Halibut Chowder. The bus took us to the ferry dock, about 10 miles from downtown and we rode the Fjordlands ferry to Haines. We saw two historic lighthouses, one humpback whale, I added a new bird - a Marbled Murrelet and, just as we were almost to Haines, a pod of Killer Whale appeared, at least 6 maybe 10 to 12. We had a fairly close view for 10 minutes as the ferry shut off the engines and we drifted along with them. We got into our trailer about 8:30. Fun day.
Cadillac’s Most Correct Viewpoint
The guides began their day at a reasonable hour, finally. Back to the plane parking lot. I have perfected my approach to flying and had no difficulty driving the airplane for them to Juneau. I left them plodding down the sidewalk with their gear before they could ask me to carry it. Another factor in favor of Moosiness, no bags of stuff. Exceptions are made for doughnuts. I explored this tiny town they claimed was the capital of Alaska. Hah, you got to get up before 3AM to fool me. It was way too small and you cannot drive a car there. That’s nuts. No one would but a capital there, just another ruse on the Great Alaska Complex Deception. I was headed to the plane lot when I noted the guides on a bus with different designation. It had a made up word FJORD. Tricky. But I still followed them. Sleuthiness is one of my most outstanding characteristics. We then got on a boat. Bully! I watched carefully and with my natural buoyancy I would be a fabulous boat driver. And you use your feet and I have four so even better. They get a neat hat too. Since the flyer and the boat leaders are both captains and they get swell hats, I will be both when I finish Moose Rights. BdB was waiting patiently for me and was overjoyed that I retuned. I think he will be pleased I brought him some new grass. Now how to get to the real Alaska?
