Willie Nelson connection

The first stop was Juneau.  After a great hike through the Mendenhall glacier area we decided we needed to fit in a quick tour of the Alaskan Brewery before boarding our small plane to Gustavus.

To our great fortune we were picked up by Steve, a 400 lb ex band manager/roadie from Boston who drove a band to Juneau in 1972 and never left. This awesome gentlemen ran the sound board for the third year of FarmAid (1987) which also happened to be Cindy’s first concert. She met Willie Nelson, it was the beginning of everything. Okay, back to Juneau.  On the road to the brewery Steve offered to wait while we drank inside and then continue the drive to the airport so we wouldn’t miss our flight.  For $10. Ten bucks also happened to be the price for each of us to experience 6 tastings (plus a coozie).  Destiny, yep!

Beers Tasted:

Summer Ale 3.5 stars

Freeride 5 stars

Smash galaxy 3.5 stars

Smash galaxy 430 3 stars

Azacca 5 stars

35 minutes and 5 tastings each later (20 ounces) we are smiling and on our way to our small plane to Glacier Bay National Park.

9 years later...

9 years have passed since our last Chattworld blog post, and there have been lots of life changes since that point but our sense of adventure as remained constant!  This series of posts are written from our current trip in the Last Great Frontier (aka Alaska). 

It was Lauren’s 36 birthday and Cindy’s 49 state.  Lots to celebrate!!

Itinerary:

22 June 2016: Fly to Juneau

23 June 2016: Fly to Gustavus (Glacier Bay National Park)

25 June 2016: Fly to Anchorage, Rent RV... Drive.

03 July 2016:  Fly home.