Ferry Return Petersburg to Juneau (July 6th & 7th)

We returned to Juneau from Petersburg after another overnight voyage aboard the MV Malaspina.  It was a nice trip, during which we also saw a pod of humpback whales off in the distance . . . the way distance.  Our arrival was late enough in the afternoon Sunday, that we were ready for supper.  For this part of our trip, we were staying at the Driftwood Hotel near downtown, but not really walking distance for me and my gimpy knees to the "touristy" area.  Fortunately there was a nice Chinese restaurant adjacent to our hotel, so we enjoyed a nice meal there before setting in for the night.

Getting a good night's sleep was important, as we had a 7a ferry up to Gustavus and Glacier Bay Lodge scheduled the next morning, which would require us to be up and out by 5a on the hotel shuttle.

We picked the Driftwood for this night, as well as the three nights when we return back to Juneau from Gustavus because we could leave the bulk of our luggage behind in storage at the hotel.  This proved to be very convenient given the amount of stuff we packed for both cool rainy weather and the heat wave happening throughout all of Alaska in the forecast for our time there.

Sunrise on the ferry Sunday morning