A Legitimate Day of Vacation

It was wonderful at Bridgette's house we would all sleep till we were ready to get up. It was another grey day when we left the house to walk out to the glacier and Nugget Falls, but by the time we were leaving the sucker holes were spreading.

The Mendenhall Glacier

 

Its wonderful to be on the ocean, the salty air and sounds are infinitely appealing.

Point Louisa

 

Auke Harbor

 

Tide pooling is one of my favorite things to do, probably because I don't get to do it very often. I probably "petted" at least 50 sea anemones, and maybe 5 sea urchins, and one mini eel.

Tide Pooling

 

It turned out to be a beautiful sunny day. So wonderful, we ended it with Bridgette teaching a yoga class and then a walk on the beach as the moon rose...it was amazing.

Looking at the Mendenhall

While I was in Juneau I was fortunate to be able to stay with my wonderful friend Bridgette, her boyfriend George and their dog Otis over on Douglas Island. Bridgette and I go back a few years to when we used to work on the "mighty Mendenhall" glacier together. Many interesting times up there together. We decided to walk out to the West glacier trail together and check on the conditions and changes that had happpened since I have been gone.

The fungus was out of control. I have never seen so many types of mushrooms before.

Mushrooms

 

The blue of a glacial ice is unique and one of my favorite colors.

Glacier in zoom

 

The trail was steeper and more slippery than I remembered it being, but beautiful, fun and engaging.

Bridgette coming up

 

If you look really close the picture below has 3 helicopters and a small tent on the far left of the picure below the ice fall. The next picture is that tent on zoom.

The Mendenhall Glacier

 

The Lower Site for Temsco Helicopters

 

Bridgette going back Down

 

Even though it wasn't sunny it was still a very nice walk through the woods. The glacier has melted at least 500 feet off the rocks since 4 years ago. It was shocking to see how much rounder the ice has become.



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Juneau is Definitely a Rain Forest

Juneau welcomed me with monsoon rain and clouds that almost touched the water. The perfect irony being the only car Rent a Wreck had was a black mustang convertible. If I was a god I would definitely be laughing.

View from the Porch

 

Luckily I used to live in Juneau and the rain was only a small deterrent to going certain places. Perseverance trail gains a leisurely 800 feet over 3.5 miles while following a small river through the rain forest, its beyond lovely, even in the rain.

Waterfall

 

Me in the Green

 

Beautiful Trees

 

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