Name: JUNEAU's Mendenhall Glacier and SITKA Port Tour 🧊❄️ Final Stops of Our ALASKA Cruise Adventure 🚢🗻🌲
Uploaded: 2025-09-29T18:30:32.000Z
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Alrighty, good morning good morning and welcome to Juneau.

Adverbs of manner

Oh, it is a little chilly this morning huh?

I knew we weren't going to get sunny days all of the time but we're so excited to be here.

This is going to be the biggest destination we visit.

They think it would be Anchorage but no it is Juneau.

And um yeah we're just pumped to be here.

We all had a good sleep, we're all well rested.

Today is going to be a bit of a misty moody day but we're going to make the most of it.

See all of the things to do here in Juneau.

So this is our third port of our Alaska cruise and today the plan is to try and reach the Mendenhall Glacier.

So we're going to go in search of the shuttle that takes us there.

And then we just want to do some hiking, explore the town.

Honestly, I love the colorful buildings and the way they contrast against the greenery of the forest and the fog so it is going to be really fun to take some photos and bring you along for that.

We're just getting off now at seven thirty.

But we've got plenty of time ahead of us to enjoy Juneau.

And we were so impressed by the public bus service.

You can take tours and all kinds of tour buses to get here but we decided to go the local way.

I wish I caught his name but he was so kind.

Babies ride for free so I only had a twenty dollar bill.

So he was like you know what just pay double when you get back.

We got to go through the downtown a little bit and then we went through some it seems like some very scenic areas.

We saw some bald eagles and then we also got to go through some industrial and residential areas.

So we really got to see how spread out Juneau is and I think it is an excellent way if you're traveling on a budget and you want to save a little bit of money to take the local transportation.

And we're very happy we got dropped off and now we have about a mile and a half to the visitor center.

So like Sam mentioned the express bus is the number eight.

That one runs every thirty minutes but if you happen to miss it you can also catch bus number three or bus number four.

That one is going to take you a bit longer.

Anywhere between fifty minutes to an hour but I mean if you've got the time and you want to sightsee you get to see more of Juneau.

Alrighty guys, so that was the Mendenhall Glacier.

So impressive and majestic and I mean you can really feel the temperature shift.

The closer you get to the glacier you know the temperature starts to drop.

Uh, baby is a little bit fussy so we ended up doing a shorter trail.

We did the photo trail which is only half a kilometer.

It's a little loop and it brings you to a nice photo spot.

You've got a lookout where you can see the waterfall and the glacier as well.

The only surprising thing for us was the amount of people that were there.

This has been the most I would say crowded tourist attraction we have been to out of every port of call we have visited during this cruise.

I mean of course this is the main attraction here in Juneau so it is to be expected but we were still a little overwhelmed by it.

So yeah, just something to keep in mind but overall still very glad we went because the crowds do not take away from the beauty of the glacier itself.

So yeah, we hope you enjoyed the scenery and the footage we were able to capture.

So we just finished visiting the glacier and now we are making the trek back to the public bus.

We're going to be catching the number 8 back there.

Well, after an action packed morning visiting the glaciers we came back stuffed our beaks with pizza and I've been tasked with exploring downtown Juneau and I couldn't be happier.

I have the energy, the excitement and I'm going to show you as much as I can in just about two hours time.

One thing I can say so far is that I'm loving the frontier vibe here in Juneau.

It reminds me quite a bit of where we're living in a rural area in Southern Alberta.

This place has a lot of history, a lot of character.

Some bars have been open since the late 1800's as well, so there is plenty of historical buildings worth checking out.

And yeah, it's just been fun to pound the pavement so far.

Friends, if you want to get off the beaten path a little bit I recommend going down Gold Street.

It's a fascinating kind of hilly street with a lot of residential homes.

You get a much better idea of how people live here in the downtown part of Juneau.

What's also fascinating is that as you get closer to the mountains and the hills you have these steep steps that lead all the way up to certain properties.

These apparently lead up to homes, so let's walk up a bit and see what we can find.

For instance, this staircase leads up to the home and you can see that the home itself connects with the side staircase.

Friends, I took a little bit more effort to find but that's exactly the kind of experiences that I love to have.

It's nice to get away from all of the tourist crowds and to actually walk around and feel like you're exploring seeing how locals live.

And if you want to do exactly what I just did just head to Harris and 4th Street and then head up the stairs.

I'm having a blast wandering through the residential areas here of Juneau and guys look how high up I got.