What’s the Capitol of Alaska?

Jeuno

A mix of modern and historical buildings lined the streets as we made our way up the hill to the Capitol, it was small with a statue of William Seward out front and the history of how Alaska became a State. The Capitol building was closed so we walked around the area and back through town.

We had not planned an excursion for the trip but we knew we wanted to see Glaciers, so after a few inquiries we found a small airline that would fly us over a few of them, our reservation was not until later in the afternoon so we stopped for lunch at Alaska Fish & Chips, sharing a pound of delicious crab, seafood chowder and An Alaskan Smoked Porter. Great food with an excellent view of the seaplanes landing.

It was a short walk to Wings Airways where we boarded our tiny flight over several of the Glaciers in the area.

It was a beautiful flight with part recorded narration, and part the pilot giving us input about the flight. The glaciers were massive and the terrain breathtaking. It was 45 thrilling minutes of nature and beauty, I felt it was a little overpriced at $299 a person, but with the recent flooding caused by Glaciers melting in the area it was one of the only ways to get a good view.

When we landed it was getting a bit late, we walked around a little more before returning to our ship for the night.