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<\/a>Carnival Miracle<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
I left Vancouver 3 days ago on April 28th and for the last two days I have been at sea. Last night just after midnight I tossed out of bed when the Captain turned the ship around because we were killing time and we were hit broadside with 70 mph winds. <\/p>\n
I woke up this morning and looked out the window and noticed we appeared to be docked in a rather far out location. If we are the only ship in port why are we not docked down by the Library I thought instead of docking at the 3rd berth. This especially didn’t make sense since they were still working on the pier getting a new addition done.<\/p>\n
It was another gorgeous day with temps getting to about 19\u00b0C later in the day.<\/p>\n
I went up and had breakfast and the plan was for today to take the MGT Bus to Mendenhall Glacier for $20 round-trip and Geocache. I cruise to Geocache now. It takes me to interesting places. I see things that other passengers on board don’t.<\/p>\n
I got off the ship and headed down towards the Library to find the MGT bus. I was hoping that since we were the first ship they would be open\/there. There were many places in Juneau that were not open yet. I soon found the MGT booth and paid my money and boarded the first bus of the season at 9 AM.<\/p>\n
The bus soon left for the 20 – 25 minute drive up to Mendenhall Glacier. Upon arrival I was to do a series of Earhcache’s where I have to answer many questions about the area. This required a hike to Nugget Falls where many people were looking at a Goat was up on the hill. Mendenhall lake was still very frozen over.
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<\/a>Mendenhall Glacier<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
The first cache of the day was Mendenhall Glacier Mini<\/a> because there was no one around the look out. The last time I was here in 2008 there were way too many muggles in the area to do this one. This was now off my DNF list. I then did the Mendenhall Glacier Earhcache<\/a> nearby. From here I worked myself towards Mal’s Photo Point Earthcache<\/a> then onto Nugget Falls Earthcache<\/a> IO was able to spot a Mountain Goat up on the cliff beside the waterfall. Nugget Falls<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n Mountain Goat<\/p><\/div>\n Another View of Mendenhall Glacier<\/p><\/div>\n I completed one more Earthcache before I headed off to do a few traditional caches. Blue Eyed Peas Mendenhall Glacier Travel Bug Lodge was one then off to Where the beavers Play. Do you think I could find the later one.<\/p>\n I paid close attention to being bear aware. Bears had recently being spotted in the area so I paid attention. <\/p>\n Here are a few photos from along the trail, yes that is still snow on the ground. <\/p>\n By Where the Beavers Play cache area<\/p><\/div> the view from the trail<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n I returned on the 1:30 bus back to town. I then spent some time in town before boarding the ship around 3 PM. Upon boarding I had to put by backpack through the scanner and an alarm went off. I was pulled aside and my backpack was searched. What they spotted was a small pocket knife in my first aid kit. The head of security came over and wanted to take it and I explained this is a plainly marked First Aid kit. I have never had a problem before. It was explained that while it was a small pocket knife it was not allowed. I said so I can`t have a First Aid kit with me while I hike but you will hand me a steak knife in dining room tonight that is well over twice the side. The next words carry on. Never had another issue on the cruise. <\/p>\n Shrimp Cocktail<\/p><\/div>\n Prime Rib for a main course<\/p><\/div>\n Tomorrow brings Skagway, Alaska and a trip to Emerald Lake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It has been some time since I have posted anything. I took some time off from caching for personal reasons. I had been looking at doing another cruise to Europe across the Atlantic this spring and the prices just would … Continue reading
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