Day 4 afternoon:  Juneau, Alaska

Today we went up to the Mendenhall Glacier. I really liked this excursion because we got to get out in the sunshine and hike for a bit. It didn't go all the way up to the glacier, but we got the gist.

 The Park Rangers got the ice chunk below as it drifted in from the glacier. It seriously took about 4 of them to push it up on a wheels. The glacier is so heavy that it condenses all of the air pockets out of the ice and makes it more dense. It's crazy to think that what I was touching was 200 year old glacier ice!

 We also went whale watching in Juneau. We had the coolest guide. This was a pretty cold day as well and as we were driving we went up on the top deck and she let us come in her cabin and she chatted with us all about her insider know how. We saw lots and lots of humpback whales, which was really cool, but I finally got up the nerve and asked her if they had any killer whales out and about. She let me know that she wasn't going to tell any of her tours this, but there was a pod of baby killer whales that were not far from us, but the adults were gone hunting. Normally she preferred to stay her distance during this time to not disturb them, because once she goes out there, all the other excursion boats follow each other, to make sure their customers are getting the best show for their buck. She told us she would take us out there, but wouldn't get close. HOWEVER! We were close enough that we actually got to see the pod swimming and playing around. I couldn't even believe it. It is so amazing to see nature and realize what a small part of it we as humans actually occupy. I also couldn't believe how BIG these baby whales were. It would have been crazy to see an adult one.

 We didn't go in to this bar for anything other than to get a good look at the one and only Wyatt Earp's old gun that was left behind.