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The Legendary Juneau Pub Crawls
The Legendary Juneau Pub Crawls
- Over the course of many Alaskan Geek Cruises (such as the Linux Lunacy and Arctic Exposure series), the annual Juneau Pub Crawl became a legendary tradition both for the cruise participants and within the town of Juneau itself.
Key Details
- Local Connection: Because the pub crawls occurred year after year on similar schedules, the local Juneau bartenders—who rarely changed—remembered me and the Geek Cruise group fondly from one year to the next.
- The Circuit: The pub crawl typically began with a large group dinner at the Twisted Fish and traversed nearly a dozen bars around town.
- The Spontaneous Gig: During one memorable pub crawl, one of the Geek Cruise guests stepped up during a local musician's break and played an incredible hour-long set, leaving everyone in the bar amazed.
The Historic Juneau Trips & Pub Crawls
- Juneau 1 (May 2000 - Perl Whirl 2000):
- The inaugural Juneau Geek Pub Crawl was led by Bill Harp.
- The designated lunch spot was extremely short-handed, so Bill stepped into the kitchen and ended up helping them cook lunch for the group.
- While the pub crawl went on, I spent my time sitting at the local Juneau public library to use their Wi-Fi, since the M.S. Volendam had no onboard internet connectivity at the time.
- Juneau 3 (August 2001 - ScriptScape):
- Visited Mendenhall Glacier before starting the traditional beer runs around town, captured in Flickr album Trips/2001/01-08-ScriptScape/Day-3-Juneau.
- Juneau 4 (May 2002 - MacMania):
- Spent most of the day executing the traditional Geek Cruise Pub Crawl version Juneau 4, captured in Flickr album Trips/2002/02-05-MacMania/Day-3-Juneau.
- Juneau 6 (September 2002 - JavaJam 3):
- Celebrating my sixth Geek Cruise visit to Juneau and the sixth Geek Pub Crawl, captured in Flickr album Trips/2002/02-09-JavaJam3/Day-3-Juneau.
- Juneau 7 (June 2003 - Arctic Exposure):
- A smaller, informal pub crawl where we hit nearly every bar in town, captured in Flickr album Trips/2003/03-06-ArcticExposure/Day-5-Juneau.
- Juneau 8 (September 2003 - Linux Lunacy 3):
- Arrived early in Juneau and had a special event with the Juneau Linux Users Group, captured in Flickr album Trips/2003/03-09-LinuxLunacy3/Day-3-Juneau.
- Juneau 9 (June 2004 - Arctic Exposure 2):
- Enjoyed shore time and captured snapshots around the town, captured in Flickr album Trips/2004/04-06-Arctic-Exposure/Day-3-Juneau.
- Juneau 1 (May 2000 - Perl Whirl 2000):
What links here
These facts are as Randal recalls them, but much time has passed for most of this. If you find a factual error, please email realmerlyn@gmail.com.