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Juneau Slideshow
Juneau
Travel Blogs from Juneau, United States
Glacier Flying Alaska
... are so great, I have separated the entries. But back to the flying. We boarded the Helicopters in the State Capitol of Juneau and fly over the city, our boat, through clouds, and over mountains to four amazing glaciers and views that were just ...
Kayaking in the Capital of Alaska
... isolated little city. The famous Mendenhall Glacier is a few miles from town and retreating about 200' per year. Our day in Juneau was foggy and rainy. After about a 20 minute bus ride, we were outfitted with some very, very smelly sea ...
A Whale of a Time!
... Juneau and saw the state capitol building, federal building, and the governor's mansion, along with basically all of downtown Juneau. Our excursion today was with Gastineau Guiding and we highly recommend going with them if you head this way. We ...
Mushing
Hey there, it's Connor again. Today we went on a helicopter to the Mendalhall Glacier in remote Juneau, Alaska. We flew to the dog camp where the dogs eat, sleep and practice their run for the Yukon Quest racing tournament. The workers ...
Eight Below
... would fly. After some discussion we agreed we would give it a shot. We had some time to kill so wandered through Juneau – the capital of Alaska. Gemstones are big business over here and there are many companies that operate in the summer months ...
It's all about gold
After all the trouble with the initial hotel we were at, I also want to share all the fun things we did when we moved to the most creepy Bergmann Hotel. And there is a lot about gold! We started off a beautiful sunny day with a yummie breakfast ...
Juneau - the Capital City
... touring the glacier we made it back to the bus and to Jon’s favorite brewery – Alaskan Beer Company. I had no idea but Juneau is the third largest city by size – and we saw a lot of it. As we were heading back to the ship, ...
Bubble-netting in Juneau
... experience, and we got to see “our” pod do it 3 different times. Truly remarkable. We had a great time in Juneau. It’s a fun little city. Given that it’s the capital of Alaska, it’s pretty cosmopolitan for a city of ...
What are we actually doing all the time?
The answer to my title question is simple: We work! And work and work! I don't know how I got myself into this, but I'm in it. Honestly, can I please be unemployed? I was longing for that but I didn't even get a chance. My new boss recruited me without ...
Palin's Penthouse
... in Alaska! When we got picked up from the airport by a cab he voluntarily drove us by the Mendenhall glacier just outside of town! Juneau, although not an island, might as well be since it is off the road system, accessible only by plane or boat. It's ...
Alaska or not?
... believe that? So if any of you want to change that, send an empty bottle to: Alaskan Brewing Co. 5429 Shaune Dr. Juneau, Alaska 99801 USA Besides going and discovering, we also get up really late. Many things have changed around here. The hotel ...
Juneau - epitomises conservative USA
Definitely small town USA. Perhaps their remoteness puts the blinkers on ... but they are not too worldly wise. Sarah Palin is their leader. Enough said. The village is picturesque - I was a little alarmed to discover that bears still visit the town - so ...
Apr 08, 2008
Our Alaskan Cruise
as you can see I loved the Glacier Gardens, especially the undercover part. The glacier was good but dissappointed we could not touch it, well I did get to touch a piece of it while floating in the bay.....I was not the one that was floating by the way!! ...
Heli-Glacier Trek....or not!
Wednesday July 11, 2007 Guess what.....we had shadows this morning...yes folks there was actually some sun this morning for about 15 minutes! Just enough time for us to take our tents down, pack up and throw everything into the dryer. Ah, dry tent ...
Our day off
We had longed so long to get to this day, our day off, Tuesday June 17th! We got to sleep in, even though I woke up quite early as my body is already used to getting up early, but we went back to sleep and got up shortly before 10 am. Getting ready and ...
Juneau, whale watching and Endicott Arm
... however there is a saying "the odds are good but the goods are odd". We were going on a whale watching boat trip. In Juneau whales are virtually guaranteed so I was pretty sure we wouldn't be disappointed. The trip was organised by the same company as ...
Whale of a Tale...
... a picture, but they weren't posing for photos that day. We are currently sitting in the Silverbow Bagel Bakery in Juneau using the internet, feeling a little self-conscious of our stench. Ok, we don't smell bad, we just smell a little ...
Double Trouble, But Done Good
... through and we had great views from the top. Finished up the walking tour with the Governor's Mansion, then Evergreen Cemetery (where Juneau's founders lie across the path from each other) and the cremation site for Tlingit Chief Kowee, who led Joe ...
Tranistion, repairs and provisioning
... good! It turned out that their cooking skills were great and we didn’t need their doctoring skills. We stayed in Juneau the night of the 21st so they could have King crab dinner, rather than go around to Auke Bay as originally ...
Celebration 2008
... and contemporary dancing, art, food and languages. This year we had about 2,300 dancers. It's been a unique opportunity for us to see this and we both enjoyed this cultural interexchange as now Juneau is slowing down again in everybody leaving ...
More Juneau Photos
When I did the last blog on Juneau, we were at a restaurant in Prince Rupert, using their wireless and time ran out to add more photos. So this blog is to send photos for our last day inJuneau which is described in the previous entry. Enjoy! ...
1 Cruise done, 1 more to go..
2 years ago, I swore never to put my feet on a cruise ship ever again and here I am... As Tour Director onboard Holland America's Ryndam for 2 weeks. Even though things are quite different being a passenger (my own suite w nice Verandah etc) I still get ...
Look at those lumberjacks
... back to start). There was also a pole climbing, log rolling section that I missed. It was fun, and about 5 men and 4 women were competing in the different sections. Lots of kids followed Joe Juneau costumed character around and enjoyed the pony rides. ...
Wilderness First Responder Training
We spent a week in Wilderness First Responder Training. This is medical training for the wilderness and is one step down from EMT ...
At See
Observing the extreme and learning My first graduate lecture at Cornell was by George Bartholomew of UCLA. Bart, a seasoned ecological sage, admonished us to examine the extreme if our goal was to understand the world. He lectured on the sociable weaver ...
Cruising
... at our table. Erin you will be proud, after dinner we walked around the deck for another mile (they won't let you jog). At 10 PM we went to a show that was A tribute to Elton John (Carla it was as bad as Neal Diamond)! Tomorrow we will be in Juneau. ...