e landed on the lake at Taku Glacier and walked uphill to the lodge where we would encounter our first bears, take a hike through the rainforest and sample the smoked salmon prepared by some of the local Alaskans. The temperature was in the fifties and there were flowers and evidence of a growing season that hadn't quite finished yet. Daylight lasted longer than we would have expected and, in fact, it was still daylight when we arrived back in Juneau. What a day. What a side trip.