Juneau's famous Red Dog Saloon caught Tom's eye! Those of you that are big fans of the late Johnny Horton (as Tom is) will recall his song, Springtime in Alaska. If you haven't listened to it lately, you might want to find it and listen to it again. One line in the song talks about "taking a stroll to the Red Dog Saloon."
This is THE Red Dog. Pictures of the interior were difficult to get because the place was full. The bouncer let Tom in to take pictures, but we couldn't stay because it was over legal capacity. (Remember: this was a day when an estimated 9000 cruise passengers were visiting the city, whose permanent population is around 35,000.) As you can see from the pictures, every square inch of the interior is covered with frontier paraphernalia.
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