We decided that these rocks on the shoreline looked like a giant's toes. The bow was open for this scenic cruising. We spent hours on our feet...

    
We enjoyed the hanging valleys and their rushing falls emptying the spring thaw.

The fjord narrowed and became more dramatic as we continued...

Finally, we saw Sawyer Glacier around the last bend in the waterway.

This boat, anchored off a small island, was one of the host boats to a number of small rubber Zodiak boats that were motoring around the icebergs near the glacier's face.

 
There is a schedule for cruise ships so that there's only one at a time in the fjord, but the smaller boats don't fall under the same rules.

A recently calved iceberg with its "organ pipe" configuration still intact.

We eased fairly close to the face, but the icebergs and bergie bits were thick. The scenery was just as beautiful on our way back out, but it was getting colder and we were tired, so we headed inside. 

The next day was Juneau, the state Capital–accessible only by boat or plane.

The Oosterdam, a larger Holland America ship, was already in port.  

We loved the mural on the dock building of passengers, probably immigrants, lined up on a ship. The sign on the cabin at the right side of the mural says, "Passengers not allowed on top of this house".

PatsyAnn, the dog that greeted all the ships here many years ago, still does so today.

A sea plane coming in to its docking space. 

From a park above the bus stop, we can see a green roof on the terminal. Our plan was to take a public bus out to Mendenhall Glacier where there are some hiking trails.