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Juneau Slideshow
Juneau
Travel Blogs from Juneau, United States
Our accomodations: From good to hell to great
... we can't make a winning, especially with such an expensive location. We now moved to a pretty nice hotel called the Juneau Hotel with a huge kitchen, great equipment, dishwasher, washing machine and dryer and everything. Our flights are supposed to take ...
Arrival in Juneau
... a long time, but money does rule the world, doesn't it? Now quickly a few words to this wonderful town. Juneau is beautiful. There are mountains everywhere with melting snow on the top leading into beautiful waterfalls. People are friendly and ...
Becoming Enshrined
Environments that foster learning; Honoring mentors Getting to Juneau from Cleveland is not easy. We stopped in three cities, taking an entire day. But successful extramural programs value two other crititcal factors in addition to the academic ...
Capitol Capers
... on the way to the second floor. Up top, exhibits on Russian America and the transfer of Alaska to the U.S., the Alaska-Juneau Mining Company, WWII, Alaska Native artwork (including a mask by Norman Jackson, whom we met in Ketchikan), historic maps, a ...
Juneau
... the ship, we met our tour guide at the pier, Chad. We took a short bus ride to Auke Bay, just outside of downtown Juneau. The first part of our "safari" was by sea. We boarded a very small boat, which allowed the windows to be opened ...
Proposal on the Mendenhall
This trip was amazing. kayaking, glacier bay, helecopter to the mendenhall where Allan proposed. great trip. movie to ...
BURR
... so it made our layover in Seattle pretty fast. Took lots of pictures out the window that are hard to see but when we landed in Juneau......BAM, glacier right out the side!!!! We were so excited and couldn't wait to see what lies ahead that we forgot about ...
Day 12 Juneau Alaska
... on usable space. Juneau has over 262 miles of hiking trails, but it only has 41 miles of roads! There is no access to Juneau via the road, only accessible via air and ship, which makes the cost of living incredibly high compared to the lower 48 (what ...
Mushing Across the Glaciers
... because we won’t be stopping for lunch until after our excursion. Today’s adventure is riding a helicopter up to the Juneau glacier field and dog sledding across the glacier. We arrived at our departure point around noon and got loaded ...
Mendenhall Glacier
The Mendenhall Glacier is one of the most famous glaciers, especially since you can go right to the base of it. Attached are photos of the glacier. It has receded several hundred feet over the last 30 years. One odd photo we took was of 3 black bears in ...
Orcas absolutely everywhere - Juneau part two
The real highlight of our time in Juneau though was the cruise we took up the Tracy Arm fiord. The trip was full when we tried to sign up, but they managed to squeeze us on with the caveat that we might not get a comfortable seat. It turned out fine as we ...
Juneau, Gustavus and Glacier Bay, Alaska
The highlight of our traveling during Tim's visit to Alaska in July was our trip to Juneau via the Alaska Ferry, and then from there flying to on a small prop plane to Gustavus and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve ...
The state capital...Juneau!
... , Alaska We woke up in Juneau. We had breakfast in the Oceanside Café, enjoying the sweeping views of the capital of Alaska. Juneau's port is extremely large, with enough berths for 5 or 6 cruise ships. It looked like a small fishing village, but ...
Juneau and Inside Passage
... come to by plane or boat – no roads connect it to anywhere else. Bike ride to Mendenhall Glacier We arrived in Juneau (Alaska’s state capital) and had 8 or 9 hours between ferries so we rented pushbikes and rode out to the Mendenhall ...
Juneau
We woke up in Juneau for our first off ship excursion. We had the whole day in Juneau. Our excursion had two parts, first a self guided tour of Mendenhall Glacier, then jump back on the tour bus to Allen Marine for the ...
We Don't Serve Buckets Here, Sir
Sunday morning we arrived in Juneau, and although I was feeling monumentally better, I was also ready to get off the ship and enjoy some sturdy dry land for a while. Well, not really "dry" land, as it was raining (apparently, a common occurrence in ...
Alaska's Capital City
Juneau, the capital city of Alaska. Checked Guinness Book of Records and strangely no mention of world's wierdest capital cities is ...
Juneau, AK
... tasty eateries. The shopping in Juneau is fantastic, and the layout of the city is one of interesting complexity. Juneau combines ancient Alaskan traditions with Western commercialism and bustling city life. Docking in Juneau Cruise ships dock at the ...
Return to Juneau
... Marine Hwy ferry that took us from Skagway to Haines. This crossing will be a bit longer, as we're headed down Lynn Canal to Juneau. With the change in the weather, it's good to be on the water instead of hopping blindly from cloud to cloud. Yes, the ...
The weekend before my last hitch
I am back in Juneau before leaving by seaplane to Admiralty Island. I spent a lot of quality time relaxing with my co-leader Jessica and two other team leaders that I am close with, Kevin and Little Jon. We cooked a great meal together which included ...
Juneau? Al-ask-a
... . The weather in Juneau had been constant rain and then close to freezing temperatures, causing the city to become covered in ice. The Juneau airport had been closed for 2 days, but flights were trying to make it in that day since it had reopened. ...
whales and boats and hostels
... and just drinking in the atmosphere of the place, with beer of course I have grown to like Alaskan brew. I then went on to Juneau The capital by ferry, seeing whales and seals along side. The hostel must be run by Quakers or something we have to do ...
Alaska's Wellington - Juneau part one
... you can identify the grey ball of fluff as a eaglet (see blurry photo). They say of all the bald eagles in the United States, fifty per cent of them live in Alaska, which explains why you see them everywhere, including perched on lamp posts and we even ...
Juneau the Capital of ....
... some toys and I bought earrings, a snow globe, and a sweatshirt. We went in a tram and then took a hike. We could see all of Juneau from up there. During the hike we saw an eagle nest. After that we went to the cruise. We ate dinner and then Megan went to ...
Alaska Adventure Continues...Juneau
... whales. This excursion was the highlight of our Alaskan adventure. The next day, we rented a car to see more of the Juneau area outside of downtown. We went to another beautifully blue glacier - Mendenhall Glacier -- very close to town. Near the ...