July 3 - Juneau
This will be our first port of call in Alaska today, but since we didn’t arrive until 11:00, we were assigned a 9:30 am lecture time.
Our topic for today was the Klondike gold rush, a lecture we really enjoy giving. We were assigned to the Broadway Melodies
Theater, a large facility. Due to the early time and the other activities for the day, our audience was rather small, perhaps about 60 people. All went well and we heard many nice comments from our guests about the presentation.
We got off the ship shortly after lunch for our walk into Juneau, a distance of about one mile. We were scheduled to meet our friend, Tara, at 2:00 pm, but she called at that time and postponed us to 3:30. We had been to the city at least a dozen dimes before, but managed to find something to do for the next 1½ hours. We met with Tara and met her two new foster children (very cute!) for about ten minutes and then headed back to the ship. The weather was turning cool and rainy and we had no desire to get caught in the bad weather.
We decided not to eat in the dining room and went to the buffet. We would have enjoyed the excellent food more if a large family near us hadn’t decided to let two of their young, bratty children to dine on their own. Why some people can’t supervise their own kids is beyond us! Perhaps it the teacher coming out in us. The evening show, Piano Man, was excellent. We enjoyed it all.
Independence Day tomorrow and Skagway too!
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