In the early hours of daybreak...

     There is such peace in Juneau...when you walk outside you can actually hear the birds and the wind rustling the pine trees. The sun never really sets...sort of a lovely twilight from about midnight till around 4 in the morning. Then if the sun is coming up, around 5 o'clock in the morning it is up in all its glory. The high temperature today was 69. When Caleb and I went to the glacier yesterday morning, there was no one there but us. The cruise ships were still docking and Juneau was still a sleepy little town. Being at the glacier that early in the morning, I truly could feel my daddy, right there with me. He was in the rustle of the spruce trees and he was roaring in the waterfall close by. This must be what Heaven looks like. And I can't honestly believe that my family is going to get to experience this wonder every single day.
     There were 5 huge cruise ships in Juneau today. Caleb and I went back downtown and watched them for a while. We both decided we could sit on the benches at the dock and watch the ships all day long. The downtown was crazy crowded with buses and vans and tourists everywhere!!! Us locals just tried to stay out of their way, but I must admit, we had to go to the Alaska t-Shirt Company, which is really just a big ole souvenir store. And yesterday, we trekked to the Russia Store and fawned over the nesting dolls and carved wooden Santas...it is my favorite store EVER and I will be saving my money for a new set of nesting dolls before the store closes for winter.
     Tomorrow the Caravan pulls in and we will be at the dock to greet them. We did get to talk to the gang when they finally pulled into a port with some phone signal, in Ketchikan. I know my baby girl is ready for a warm shower and a hug from her mama. She has been such a trooper and she has slept on the hard floor of the ferry so her daddy could have the air mattress. And God love poor Jon...that man has earned a couple of diamonds in his crown after this trip. He is so hungry for home cooked food so hopefully tomorrow we can get enough unloaded for me to cook up something good for dinner at Ryan's home. We will be living with Ryan and Jon for three weeks, till our home is ready. Hopefully by then, we will all have jobs!
     Will close this now as Caleb and I need showers and since we are up at 5 tomorrow morning to meet our family at the ferry, we better head to bed early!