Juneau lies 90 miles south of Skagway. We cruised overnight arriving at the dock at 9am. Our previous posts on 26-27th July described the heavy cruise ship presence at this port. It was not quite so intense this time round- only 4 ships berthed at the dock rather than the 5 we had observed in July

We took a relaxed approach to this port stop. Having already covered two main places of interest and as this was to be a short stop, our intention was to walk the city of Juneau itself and its old town. We were also hoping for a clear day so we could get a view of its actual topography, being surrounded by steep mountains and the sea on all sides.

Cloud cover was low again but it was clear enough to see the gondola that exists for anyone looking for a view down on the city. We did not try it with the changing cloud cover being unpredictable.

We visited the Alaska State Capitol and the adjacent museum which was large and informative.

It is a small city whose main industry appears to be government and tourism. It seems an unlikely place to be the centre of state government so it may not be surprising that there have been a number of attempts over recent years to move the capital to Anchorage.

Juneau has retained its small old town which is worth a walk around. Perhaps we were not treated to it at its finest but we otherwise considered it to be fairly unremarkable as a city. Far more interesting are the points of interest already discussed in previous blogs – Mendenhall Glacier, Auke bay, Treadwell Mine and Eagle Bay.