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Juneau Slideshow
Juneau
Travel Blogs from Juneau, United States
Ports of Call - Alaska cruise
... that "ultimate shot". My Mom and I went a little too late to get the best viewing spots (hey I was enjoying breakfast). Juneau was bigger than I expected, about 35,000 people, It had a Costco, Walmart - all the big stores. ...
Juneau
Our first stop, the capitol of Alaska
... rain. Juneau, now the capitol of Alaska, is located by the coast of Alaska in the Tongras Forest, a northern rain forest. Juneau receives approximately 200 days of rain per year. Besides being the capitol of Alaska, it is a major tourist site in Alaska ...
Another state capitol
... is not. The city limits encompass a total area of 3,255.0 square miles, making it the second-largest municipality in the United States by area behind Sitka, Alaska. It is larger than two states. I worked up a sweat doing it, but ...
Mendenhall Glacier
We visited Mendenhall Glacier, and it was beautiful! This is one of many glaciers that can be visited from Juneau, but this is the most easily ...
A very full day
... but running out of internet time. Just arrived in Skagway a few minutes ago so will have to continue this tonite! Our visit to Juneau was fantastic, the rain forest was such a pleasant surprise. Am going to load the pictures from Junear now, then the ...
Fishing with Eagles
Another great day in paradise! We decided to try our luck with fishing. Ha, ha! We did some research to find out where the locals go. Douglas Island is the place. We parked the car and hiked about one mile to a recommended ...
Alaskan Cruise
It was nice to see Alaska but it wasn't my favorite place. Riding in a float plane to see glaciers and eat the best salmon I have ever tasted was fun (we even saw some black bears). Other then that part of the trip though I was a bit bored. I can only ...
Alaska here I come
... caught up!!! The beanie is now famous. It was great to she Celia again and catch up and get ready for the 6hour ferry ride to Juneau later that night. Skagway is such a touristy town, but old fashioned too, I would definitely recommended ...
Cold and wet, but we got it done
... an observation area. The road was hand built and terraced up the mountain. From the observation post we could see down the channel that Juneau sits on. The visibility broke a bit while we were there, so we got a decent view. Last but not least was ...
Onewolfpack meets Indian John
... attach cocker spaniels as they have known to be vicious. He laughed and we began talking. He told us about the good life in Juneau, and that people were friendly and respectful of each other. We compared age and realized that we were both 64, but he had ...
Lazy Day
... first class, which normally is quite exciting but for a 12 minute flight it's not that big of a deal. Now we're back in Juneau, at the Best Western. Probbaly head out for dinner soon, to the Pasta Garden which we've heard is amazing. Tomorrow is a busy ...
Touring around Juneau
... 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 Republicans in ...
You know Juneau?
... that Joe bribed the miners to change the name. Although hundreds of millions of dollars were extracted from the Juneau gold fields, today's wealth is extracted from tourists and the government. We contributed our share. Morning tour ...
Juneau
Poppy, Grandma, Chuck and AnnMarie suit up and paddle to Glacier. Freezing cold rain. Grandpa, Grandma, Robert, Katie and Braeden keep warm in boat whale watching. ...
A Day to Remember
... I will remember for the rest of my life....like visiting the boys singing at St. Peter's, visiting Lake Louise, our wedding day....Juneau, Alaska will always bring back very fond memories! We left the ship early for the drive thru town (past Sarah Palin's ...
Oye...Juneau
Hola todos! So, I've forgotten to do this for quite awhile, but oh well...asi es la vida (so is life). My first day in Alaska was colored with a thousand questions pertaining to one consistent thought: Why on earth did I decide to do this?!? I ...
Bears, eagles, glaciers and more! Capital!
... . The bear and salmon bronze statue at the capitol is "Windfall Fisherman" by R. T. Wallen. I then visit the Juneau public library, which fortunately is open until 8:00PM but unfortunately had very slow wireless connections. Return to ...
Ropes Course
I had a blast with my fellow team leaders as we spent a day participating in ice breakers, team builders, low ropes, and high ropes ...
Back to the Capital
Catching the high speed ferry, Fairweather (gotta love the name*), to Juneau from Sitka this morning. I'll be in town for the Gold Rush Festival this weekend. Should be fun. And I have my list of places to see all ready to be ticked off. Sitka is a ...
Cruiz'n to Alaska
24th May 2008 Today we pulled in the larger town of Juneau. Another town amongst spectacular scenery. We caught the "Mount Roberts Tramway" to the top of Mount Roberts obviously. It was just like a cable car. Up the top we ...
Day 2 - Juneau
Mendenhall Glacier A mere 13 miles from downtown Juneau is the Mendenhall Glacier. This is Alaska's famous drive-in glacier. The glacier flows 12 miles from its source, the Juneau Ice Field, and has a 1.5 mile face. The US Forest Service has a visitor ...
Alaska, the beautiful
Hello from Juneau, Alaska! I have arrived yesterday at mid-day in this Alaskan town under a great sunshine and warm weather. How could I not think about cruise ships when 4 mega ones were right in town. Funny enough, all stores ask if I have a crew card ...
Let's go cruising
After nearly a week in Juneau, it was time to leave town for a new destination: Whittier. It would be my starting point to bike north toward Anchorage then Denali National Park and further up to the Northern most point of the Pan American highway; Prudhoe ...
Juneau
Today's port was Juneau. The weather was rainy with temperatures in the 50’s (which is what they were most of the days we were in Alaska). We took a bus tour to a salmon hatchery, Mendenhall Glacier and a Salmon bake. The hatchery was very ...
We did find an Irish bar here
Again, a nice town to just stroll around. We did discover an Irish bar with some good characters and it was no trouble to sink three pints in less than an hour before heading back to our tough life aboard the Princess ...
Juneau
After fog delays, we finally got back to Juneau just before one. We had been scheduled to fly back at dinner time but decided to fly earlier so we could explore something more than the airport. We had a great driver over from the airport to the ...
