Old Friends in New Places

Today dawned like every other day up here, overcast, cold, foggy, & rainy.   And then the rain stopped and the fog lifted.  

The cold and overcast stayed.

I had a few morning meetings and then one of my childhood friends arrived and work was suspended for a bit.   Kippy & Dean will be with us on the next leg of our southward journey ending in Ketchikan on 8/2.

Today, we hopped Uber to the downtown area and had lunch at Devil's Club Brewing.  Then the four of us walked around checking out the sites and a bit of shopping.

Here are a bunch of pictures of our downtown stroll.

Hmm, maybe tomorrow we will have crab!   Wonder why we all came to the same conclusion...

While walking around town we came across this dog statue.  It is of Patsy Ann.   Pasty Ann was a bull terrier, that was the town mascot in 1929.   She would greet cruise ship passengers, walk up and down the isles at the theater during musical performances, and visit people in the bars and restaurants.   She died in 1942 and this statue was commissioned 50 years later.  The bronze casting was made to include dog hair from around the world to celebrate Patsy Ann's life and impact on the people in Juneau.

It is supposed to be good luck to rub her nose and tell her she's a good dog.

Karen and I got the memo about the rainy weather and acquired some rain pants.   I hope these work out as well as I think they will.   I'm tired of being soaked from the waist down.

Back to the boat for chores, naps, and conversation wherein we fixed most of the world's problems.   If only "they" would call us and ask us what to do...

Dinner was simple grilled filet mignons with salt & pepper, green beans, baked potatoes and salad paired with a 2019 Lone Eagle Cab Sauv.   Very big bold CA Napa Cab.

And frozen peanut M&M's for dessert.    

And then the post-dinner strategy meeting to decide what to do tomorrow.   

The plan is to visit the Mendenhall glacier in the morning and then either stay another night in Juneau or start our trek south and go to Taku Harbor, about 20 miles away.

Note the way-too-small bowl of frozen peanut M&Ms...