Another Mine and Deckhand Dave’s

Looking For Coffee In Juneau

We began Saturday (7/26) by looking for coffee in Juneau. Arlene had picked out a place called Spearfish Coffee that seemed to be closed. We stopped by the same places several other times and it seemed to always be closed. But we also walked around Juneau for a while before ending up at a different location of Heritage Coffee. The touristy area of Juneau grants pedestrians the rights they deserve, e.g., the road is small, the speed limit is only 20 mph and there are crossing guards that stop traffic at many of the crosswalks.

The strange thing was the number of jewelry shops; it was large.

Treadwell Mine

It was a gold mine on Douglas Island across from Juneau which was large when measured by the number of “stamps.” Stamps are the things that crush the big rocks into smaller rocks. When the mine first opened it had 5 stamps and at its peak it had 190 stamps. The mine was eventually closed due to some combination of collapses and storms/tides that flooded the mine.

Now it is a park where you can find various interpretive elements as well as a frisbee golf course. Down on the beach are various signs of all of the mining activity from 100 years ago.

Deckhand Dave’s

Many months ago I found this place on the internet. I didn’t know exactly what it was but it turned out to be a food truck serving fish tacos that was in an area with other food trucks that all shared an outdoor seating area that also had a full-service bar. This was the “food court” of Juneau. I ordered blacked fish tacos while Arlene had the halibut. Mine were better.

A Hike

We drove to the end off the road southeast of Juneau to the Point Bishop-Dupont Trailhead. The sign at the trailhead said that the hike was “more hard.” Comparison words without any other references are funny. The footing on the trail became difficult and, subsequently, pretty slow. We arrived at a beach.

Then we walked back.