Our first port of call on the cruise was Juneau. It's a tiny town really.... some 31K in population, but seems like the town itself was on a small bit of land that butts up to mountains. We got there on Sunday, Andy's birthday, along with 2 other ships....so the atmosphere was more like a rip-roaring Saturday. I'm guessing the town is pretty quiet in the winter, but for cruise season, every day is Saturday. We decided our excursion would be the Mt. Roberts Tramway. We bundled up for what would be our chilliest day...but it wasn't so bad... maybe in the low 50s. We did the tram and saw a little bit of the sights then we decided to get some lunch. Well... the wait to eat was half an hour or more and the kids (Andy) were getting cranky. I had a flashback to Puerto Vallarta last summer when we got off the ship for the day only to spend 45 minutes screaming and yelling at each other after a fun filled trip to Wal-Mart for shoes before we headed back to the ship to call it a day.... I decided to nip this potential disaster in the bud and told everyone they were heading back to the ship for lunch then kids club. I would then head back into town ALONE. Heavenly! It almost worked.... Rose came back to town with me, which was actually nice as we never get to spend mom-daughter time together. It also gave us a chance to shop for Andy's birthday present. (what a good, plan ahead wife I am) We shopped a little while then headed back to the ship where we all met up for dinner. The wait staff (and our group) all sang to Andy as he blew out the candle on whatever the dessert was they brought him..... Really, I should have planned this all better. Why I don't win "Wife of the Year" is a mystery. We gave him the present Rose had picked out for him... an Alaskan Brewing Co. die dye shirt with a logo on back "Baitful Dead"... he also got an Alaskan Brewing Co. pint glass from Greg and Echo...and plenty of drinks from all. It wasn't the most exciting birthday he has ever had, but hey, he did get to celebrate the day in Alaska! Not too shabby! Here are Juneau pics....
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