In Juneau itself we actually saw a strange round yellow thing in the sky. The captain announced that it was indeed the sun and almost all of us believed him. Since it was finally sunny out, wife and I were scheduled for the perfect tour --- dropping into an underground gold mine.

The tour was OK and panning for gold made me wonder if all those prospectors couldn’t have come up with a less frustrating way of life. Putting toothpaste back in tubes comes to mind.