A Damp and Dreary Day in Juneau

A light drizzle was falling when we got up this morning and it got heavier at times, but never stopped all day.

So, we drove and walked around downtown, went through the Juneau City Museum, and did some shopping at Costco and Walmart.

We saw the governor’s residence, which is currently under repair with scaffolding, etc. out front. The City Museum was small but had a good film on the history and founding of Juneau and some interesting exhibits. One exhibit documented the 20+ attempts to move the capitol from Juneau to somewhere else. While there has been approval for the move, it has been defeated each time it came to allocate funds. It isn’t likely to ever happen and if it did, that would be the death of Juneau. Other than some fishing and tourism, government is the only ‘industry’ in town.

Tracy’s King Crab Shack had been highly recommended so we went there for lunch. It is right beside the cruise ship docks and gets lots of business off them. We found the prices very high, but did enjoy our meal of crab bisque and crab rolls. The King crab legs at $99/bucket were too expensive.

We walked a few blocks up and down the historic part of downtown. It is mainly souvenir shops and jewelry stores and old bars. We took a peak in the Red Dog Saloon but it was so crowded we didn’t bother waiting for a table.

We also looked into the Alaskan Hotel which opened in 1913 and is Alaska’s oldest operating hotel. Very dark and Victorian.

Costco had lots of interesting stuff, but as usual, the sizes/quantities were too large for us to handle in the motorhome so I just bought some frozen scallops and Alaskan canned salmon.

After spending some time back at camp with the pups, we went to a nearby Chinese/Japanese/Vietnamese restaurant for supper. It was called “Asian Gardens” and we found the servers very pleasant and the food delicious. Fran had a Chinese combo and I had their special Pho. Yummy!