Nicely my sister in law is in town this week and we’re enjoying tourist here in Juneau. Very funny how people react to us because we’re locals.

Anyway, we went to the Gold Creek Salmon Bake in Juneau final night and we had a blast. You have to think of it not as a dinner but much more of an experience. The grilled salmon was extremely great even though I was disappointed that they were using Chum Salmon as the choice of the night. Nearby Alaskans do not consume Chum Salmon!!

It was not until I finished consuming that I noticed that it was Chum and actually it was rather great. It is dependent on what time of year that you come here as to what type of salmon that you will get. Early in the Alaska cruise season (May-June) you will get King Salmon but in early July Chum salmon are much more accessible. Sockeye salmon are next in line and they occur to be my personal favorite. They call them reds because their meat is much more of a red colour then the conventional ‘salmon’ colour that you get from Chinook (Kings) or silvers (Coho) or even humpies (Pink Salmon). Chum tends to have much more of a whiter colour and most of the seafood processing plants actually add meals coloring to spoof individuals into buying Alaskan Salmon for next to absolutely nothing.

With that in thoughts for around $twenty five.00 per person you get an all you can consume meal of grilled salmon, potato salad, Caesar salad, baked beans, cornbread as well as cole slaw. It is a pretty great deal and the salmon is generally wonderful and cooked to perfection. The cooks there know how to cook the salmon correct because they barbecue so much of it on a every day basis.

You can deal with your self to an Alaskan Amber or any of the local award winning Alaskan Brewery’s items or get a glass of wine if you choose. They also have coffee, tea and scorching chocolate for the non-drinking people.

While consuming you will be handled to a live efficiency of folk audio, there’s always somebody enjoying a guitar for enjoyment.

After dinner you can stroll by the aspect of Salmon Creek all the way up to the waterfall which by the way is a beautiful place to take some photos, it’s the ideal backdrop. Once at the waterfall you can try your abilities gold panning and even a newbie can discover some powdered gold here. Salmon creek was actually 1 of greatest place to discover gold in Juneau around the turn of the 1900′s.

All along the path (which is only a few hundred yards in duration) they have info plaques that show info on the local plants as well as stories total with photos of the life cycle of the salmon.

Once back again to the ‘camp’ do not forget to examine out their little gift store! The store is first class and my spouse dropped about $50.00 in gifts that integrated Alaskan gold in them. General she got a great bargain for the gifts.

And before you depart do not forget to take the kids over to the fire pits where there are plenty of marshmallows and sticks to roast them on. My kids absolutely cherished this component of the trip and we believed that we would have to hose the stickiness off of them before we left.

The entire experience should take you about two and a half hrs to total and it’s well worth the price. So when taking an Alaskan cruise and stopping in Juneau do not skip the Gold Creek Salmon Bake!!

Earl Lear lives in Juneau year spherical and enjoys writing about the joys of residing in Alaska. You can preview his site for up to day info on the Alaska Cruise business and going to Juneau at http://www.touring-juneau.info or learn what it’s like residing in “The Final Frontier” at http://www.touring-alaska.com