Blogs from Juneau, Alaska, United States, North America - page 10

Glaciers, Whales Oh My!!! What a splended day we had. The weather was perfect for viewing Juneau Alaska. The locals were super excited because this was the best weather that they had seen in a while, It was a blazing 80degs outside perfect day for shooting. I only took 561 images today. We spotted hump back whales and visited a nearby glacier ( I forget the name, sorry ) Our tour ended up at a wonderful private club along the shore where we had a great grilled salmon lunch. We later returned back to the ship and set off twoards Ketchikan Alaska, I sat on the balcony and watched what seemed like hundreds of hump back whales off in the distance until the sun went down... read more

Dax, Jaden, Juli, Brian and Cathy and I hiked the West Mendenhall Glacier trail today, trying to get to the actual glacier. I was really cool - a very jungle type hike that the last half had rock climbing and other interesting items to get past. Lots of streams and great views. The Glacier itself was cool to see—rivers underneath it while it melted above our heads. We have great pics of going inside the ice caves. Really enjoyed hanging with Brian and Cathy, and the hike is one of the more interesting ones we ever do. Blaze stayed with my parents who took him on a hike around the lake they are staying on. He could use the break and it would have been a tough hike for him. We are all going to dinner ... read more

Yesterday we went kayaking to Sphoon Island. I kayaked with Scott. Sphoon island was a couple of miles out. Before the hike we went geocashing, we didn’t find the cash but it was fun. ... read more

Dad Blog Yesterday was a big day on a boat to Tracy Arm. We had hoped to see whales on the way but didn’t. the Inlet up Tracy Arm was really cool—huge waterfalls every few hundred feet fed down from the canyons. The canyons and everything around here is really steep as its all carved from the Fjords and Glaciers cutting through the mountains. We stopped at one spot where the walls were at least 2000 of more feet straight up. At the Glacier itself, there were 850 seals who had either been born recently or were those that gave birth. They go to the glacier area to get out of the moving sea for birth, and will return to the open sea in time. It was much better weather—cool still but no rain. The night ... read more

Can you say wet? Cold? Did I mention rain? Green, green and big mountains with water falling off and down. We arrived in rain, cold, cloudy (awesome clouds everywhere) and about 52 degrees. I have on four shirts (seriously) and a rain jacket. I am finally warming up. We met the cousins and relations; Brian, Scott, Kathryn, Jessie and Phebie and hiked/viewed Mendenhall Glacier. Wow, that was the coolest! White and blue massive ice, with waterfalls, and silty looking water. Just beautiful - the best it can get. We will try and go back when it is not raining and freezing cold to explore futher on the other side. FYI: Blaze and Dax discovered a bat in the laundry room. He (the bat) is famous in our book as we took many pictures of him clinging ... read more