July 23rd: A day of rest! A wee bit of shopping (yes, there is a yarn shop).

In the afternoon we drove to the Macaulay Salmon Hatchery…I can’t find the pictures, but it was so interesting. This is the hatchery has the longest salmon ladder – 450 feet. The chum are now returning to their “birth” spot and the quantity of fish trying to “climb” the ladder was amazing. (I will keep looking for those pictures.)

And a delicious dinner at the Rookery! I had read about this spot and while we were having dinner, the waitress was surprised that we weren’t locals – rarely do they have tourist in…(she must have missed my “Alaska” jacket!)

The Rookery

The inside is small and charming! The food amazing; the BEST BURGER ever!

And on the 24th, again we hiked with Perseverance. This time, just the trail.

This is the beginning of the trail. Into the forest.

There have been avalanches and landslides. The drop offs can be huge.

The end of the trail. Note the large boulders to the left of Kelley? They fell a few years ago and the trail was altered.

When we get to go down, I forget that when we turn to leave, there will be an “up.”

There are rewards! Best pizza – Island Pub is on Douglas Island.

Inside the Pub, we are looking out onto Gastineau Channel – one of 5 cruise ships leaving

We thought we were doing just the Perseverance Trail, but you know Kelley

Here is a map of the area…we included the Red Mill Trail loop and Kelley continued up to the mine Camp Ruins.

The “easy” hike went on for almost 3 hours! But, it was beautiful.

Kelley and I are visiting Juneau for a week! Hope we can entertain ourselves.

Monday’s trip to the Mendenhall Glacier

Hiking the East Glacier Trail

Look how big the glacier use to be in the ’40′s.

We arrived in Auke Bay – Chuck, Kelley and I took off for Costco to supply the boat with goodies for Tauni and Ernie’s family that is arriving tonight. Dinner at Twisted Fish!