I Don't Want To Mush On A Glacier... (Juneau and, Ketchikan: appraiser, showing)

[cobolt]

[quote=warptman;2692512]Just goto a bike shop near you and see what they have available. If they have a folding bike try it out for size. They have to be pretty handy. You are as old as you think you are and do not care what others think of you.

No Warpt....I'm not saying I"m Old...I'm saying those bikes don't look like they can take alot of destruction...which I am..they look sort of flimsy but I'll check them out. BTW...You eat all the McD's you want. I already think you're cool.

OP: You'll have a blast in Juneau whatever you do (just stay away from the white tennis shoe parade). I don't know about "foul weather gear." Just have a good, waterproof, windproof, breathable, portable jacket at hand. Maybe rainpants are overkill. When I was hiking the ice caves last summer though, I wished I had xtra tuffs. The trails were very muddy and full of puddles from the previous year's record snowfall. I got along with just hiking boots, but I was quite the muddy mess!!! It was fun!!

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by cobolt

OP: You'll have a blast in Juneau whatever you do (just stay away from the white tennis shoe parade).

We don't care for crowds, especially of people who whine & complain about everything. I'm looking forward to Xa'at's tour. Maybe I'll even find some petrified dog poop that I can bring back to the ship & have the "experts" tell me that it is a rare piece of oosic.

[cobolt]

Originally Posted by Barkingowl

We don't care for crowds, especially of people who whine & complain about everything. I'm looking forward to Xa'at's tour. Maybe I'll even find some petrified dog poop that I can bring back to the ship & have the "experts" tell me that it is a rare piece of oosic.

Bring them some bear skat. That will get you some looks. Tell them it's polar bear skat...They won't know

If I were going to be up there during your trip, I'd be happy to show you around, but you'll do fine on your own. Have fun and take pics to share with us!!

[warptman]

I'd like to head down to Juneau one of these days. I've only been to the airport terminal. Went to Sitka for a week a few years back to gather herring eggs on hemlock, yummy. It was strange leaving Bethel at 4 above and getting out of the jet to 45 above. Was way overdressed. I walked across the bridge to the airport one day, it was a lot longer than it looked! Had fun though, of course, it was raining.

[Barkingowl]

Rain isn't necessarily a bad thing. As long as I can keep my camera dry I welcome the rain.

[Xa'at]

Holy ^%&@!#%* I missed a lot...
Okay, first of all- Juneau weather. Yes, it's often gray in the summer. Coming in the winter is really a lot nicer, in January it's often clear. You are most likely to get a nice day in August, but it's a roulette. Two weeks without a single sunny day is rare- I like to plan for at least one a week. Sometimes I'm pleasently surprised, but I'm rarely disappointed!
Pizzaria Roma = Best pizza place ever. It's a point of contention in my family whether Pizzaria or Island Pub (in douglas) is best, but there's not really a comparison. Island Pub's pizzas are nothing to write home about it, although their steak sandwiches are the stuff of legends... or so I hear. Xa'at is meatless, as they say. Pizzaria's pizzas are incredible, but they are pretty slow. Try to get a place upstairs, it's usually a lot quieter up there, but it is HOT! Something about poor ventilation. Usually they open the windows in the summer.
Barkingowl- glad to hear you like my plan! It will not disappoint. I'd like to make one alteration, though. Instead of taking a tour bus to the glacier, spend a little bit more and get a local cab (not one of the tour van ones). The drivers are local and they often love to tell you all sorts of off the beaten path stuff about our fair city. Tell 'em a local sent you.

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by Xa'at

Barkingowl- glad to hear you like my plan! It will not disappoint. I'd like to make one alteration, though. Instead of taking a tour bus to the glacier, spend a little bit more and get a local cab (not one of the tour van ones). The drivers are local and they often love to tell you all sorts of off the beaten path stuff about our fair city. Tell 'em a local sent you.

Local cab, check...

[Metlakatla]

I wish I could tell you somewhere decent to go in Skagway but...I can't. There was an old Alaska bar there called Moe's but next season it'll be a freakin' jewelry store. The Alaska Gourmet cafe was good last summer but the whole damn town bloats up with tourons so bad during the season that even that place isn't at it's best. I loved the Eastern European students students who worked there though...one old bat just about got a piece of Metla when she was harassing this little server girl...yelling at the kid for something really stupid, I can't recall what, but just being a total jerk to this girl. I gave her the old icy Metla stare, and a man at the next table I'd been talking with who was from Fairbanks did the same thing; he was pissed about it too. This poor kid was crying. None of the tourons even lowered their feedbags. I f-ing hate tourons, especially the ones off the ships except for Karla.

Skagway though is geographically beautiful. I've always liked it because it's where the Tongass meets the very beginning of the boreal forests of the north. Even though it's a touron thing, the White Pass rail trip is enthralling. Just bring a little something in a brown paper bag and a pair of earplugs (so you don't have to listen to the tourons squawk) and you'll have a great time.

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

Skagway though is geographically beautiful. I've always liked it because it's where the Tongass meets the very beginning of the boreal forests of the north. Even though it's a touron thing, the White Pass rail trip is enthralling. Just bring a little something in a brown paper bag and a pair of earplugs (so you don't have to listen to the tourons squawk) and you'll have a great time.

Thanks Metlakatla!

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

I loved the Eastern European students students who worked there though...one old bat just about got a piece of Metla when she was harassing this little server girl...yelling at the kid for something really stupid, I can't recall what, but just being a total jerk to this girl. I gave her the old icy Metla stare, and a man at the next table I'd been talking with who was from Fairbanks did the same thing; he was pissed about it too. This poor kid was crying. None of the tourons even lowered their feedbags. I f-ing hate tourons, especially the ones off the ships except for Karla.

Now that kind of behavior towards a defenseless girl is unforgivable. It seems that there is someone everywhere that has to be the epitome of the ugly ignorant American.