Juneau International Hostel

... control back in the 1970&#8217;s. The glacier itself is retreating at an alarming pace &#8211; more than 600 feet per year &#8211; and the original visitor center, which used to abut the glacier face, is now almost a mile away. There are many salmon-run streams in the area and many areas were closed off because of the high number of bear feeding. We honored all of the warnings.<br><br>After lunch, and a ...

... anyway. There were big chunks of ice floating in the water which they say has come off (calved) the glacier. There were also many beautiful waterfalls to see. A lot of the ice chunks are blue and very pretty. I took photos of some of the bigger ones so I hope the blue comes through on the photos. When we get to the glacier it's just enough time to see it as the ship turns around because we're running late. I ...

... about a year. He told us people from glhis village have been scattering since 1998 when the logging stopped though some of them now work fir the logging companies abroad. A lot ate also in the armed forces and there are more than 90,000 native Americans now enlisted. We are taking the bus into the city center for lunch. Microbrew here I come.

... lighthouse building in Alaska, built in 1906 in response to all the ships that wrecked on this rock on their way to Skagway, particularly the SS Clara Nevada in 1898. Juneau is the only stop on our itinerary that we visited four years ago, but this year's experience will be totally different. Then we stayed at a motel in the center of the city; this time we are camped north of the city in the U.S. Forest Service's beautiful Mendenhall Lake campground, and we have our own ...

... had freckles of gold on 'em and which we took with us. It was time to head back and that almost seemed like an easy walk even though we had to take the exact same way back. Once we are back at the creek everybody is envying us and asking how we made it over there as they had seen us by the water on the untouched waterside. We are happy and satisfied and head the 2,5 miles back to have a nice dinner at a nice restaurant and let a beautiful day end.

... That meant we could take a different route from usual and fly over 5 different glaciers as well as the inlet and some surrounding countryside.  But that's not the kicker.... I got to sit beside the pilot!!  It was only a 10 seater with everyone getting a window seat.  Two men pushed in front of me to get the front seats.  Boy were they surprised when the pilot said to get in beside him.  What an amazing view.  It was actually breathtaking .. and ...