Mullens House Juneau

... chambers are closed while they are being renovated. Afterwards we walked a few more blocks and up an even steeper hill to St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church. This is the oldest Russian Orthodox church in continuous use in the United States. Unfortunately, we are now zero for two on Russian churches. This church was closed just like the one in Sitka. And, in Juneau there were four ships in port ! <br><br>We bummed around town, browsing ...

... carved out of a goat&#8217;s horn was remarkable.<br><br>Tried several different restaurants: <br> <br>Red Dog Saloon--good food; loved the decor. <br><br>Twisted Fish&#8212;tempura rock fish was good; halibut had too much breading and wasn&#8217;t very good.<br><br>Pizzaria Roma&#8212;the crust had spicy red pepper seasoning; it was just ok pizza; wouldn&#8217;t ...

... Bake tonight, it was really interesting. Outdoor tents with picnic tables, a guy singing (cover songs, kind of like the wedding singer) and really good food. The Cornbread was outstanding and the salmon was so good i went back for seconds. Funny thing about the night was that there was also a Republicans of Juneau social going on there, and some of you know my political beliefs and know that being surrounded by a bunch of ...

As the only state capital with no incoming roads, the locals say you can only get to Juneau by sea, sky, or birth canal. This week in Juneau we took a long walk through some of the residential parts of town. The houses are mostly small and closely place, but they sure have character. The walk was hilly but included a nice view of the city. Interesting many of the streets in town just stop and turn into stairways. The stairways even had there own street signs ...

... to say about that! I'm crossing my fingers that my bad videography skills will at least be able to show part of it. Then we found a different younger humpback again and it was breeching over and over and playing in the water. Completely unbelievable! <br><br> We left there and were dropped off at Mendenhall Glacier where we walked ...

... getting warm because they get hypothermia too. Also on the way back we saw an eagle sitting on an empty drum that is used as a buoy. Our bus driver stopped at a parking area to show us Mendenhall glacier. These things are amazing and are huge! I took photos of all 3 glaciers so I hope they turn out. On the excursion boat I asked the guide what the locals thought about Sarah Palin. All she said was that she ...

... the mountains (not up them) along a river that was literally overflowing its banks because of all the rainfall. We had to stop when we arrived at an avalanche field with the remains of the last one still evident. It broke the bridge and I walked on snow in August for the first time! I also saw the humpback whales bubble feed and got a great video of it too.

... from hanging out with the family and explored the streets of town and on my own and just goofed off. Meanwhile the parentals were working on doing the laundry that needed to be done. This being said, we have not seen the sun in 5 days, while it has not managed to rain at all, it has been very windy and cold, with temperatures really so to speak never getting out of the 50's. Truthfully, I am not so much sun burnt as I am wind burnt. My theory is that we not be able to identify ...

... t even dare to lay in. The toilet and showers were in the hallway and had to be shared with many many creepy people. We took it easy and thought to ourselves that the less we have, the more we love and appreciate each other. And it is really true. The night though was kind of tough. We slept on our sleeping bags and all night long there were people on the hallway having lots of fun till about 3 or 4 am as they only seem to sleep during the day. Then our neighbour came ...

At 7 am, we arrived at the capital city, Juneau! Population 30,700, it gets much larger in the summer as temporary workers and shop owners arrive from other parts of the world. Juneau as capital of the state continues to be a bit of a thorn in the side of many Alaskans, who would prefer it be transferred to Anchorage. The problem is ...