So here we are in Juneau. Who would have thought that after all this time, we still know how to type? We've had plenty of adventures, lots of rain, we've worked a lot, and it has rained a lot. We've seen bears, whales, and rain. All in all, we're having a pretty good time.
One of our favorite places we've been while in Juneau is the Mendenhall Glacier (the big chunk of ice in the background). The day we took this picture was one of the sunniest we've seen, not that that's hard to do, and we even got a little red in the face that day. The glacier is frequented by black bears, and we were lucky enough to wrestle some one night.
The picture above is us enjoying fireworks on the 4th of July. They do the fireworks show at midnight, because that's the only time it's dark enough to do them. They shoot the fireworks off of a boat in the channel, so it was really pretty. There's also huge mountain ranges on either side of the channel, so it sounds like someone is just firing off canons. They even had a few that didn't really put off any light, but they made a huge boom.
Last of all, this is the view from our apartment. We live in a tiny, one-bedroom apartment on the eleventh floor overlooking the Gastineau Channel. The view is great, it's not very often that you look out the window and don't see a few cruise ships in port. Sadly, however, this view is very different from our current view. We have been blessed with 28 straight days of rain. That's right, not one of those days did the sun shine for more than about ten minutes. We're still having a blast though, and more importantly for those of you who have begun to wonder, we're still alive.
The picture above is us enjoying fireworks on the 4th of July. They do the fireworks show at midnight, because that's the only time it's dark enough to do them. They shoot the fireworks off of a boat in the channel, so it was really pretty. There's also huge mountain ranges on either side of the channel, so it sounds like someone is just firing off canons. They even had a few that didn't really put off any light, but they made a huge boom.
Last of all, this is the view from our apartment. We live in a tiny, one-bedroom apartment on the eleventh floor overlooking the Gastineau Channel. The view is great, it's not very often that you look out the window and don't see a few cruise ships in port. Sadly, however, this view is very different from our current view. We have been blessed with 28 straight days of rain. That's right, not one of those days did the sun shine for more than about ten minutes. We're still having a blast though, and more importantly for those of you who have begun to wonder, we're still alive.
6 comments:
Glad you guys are having a good time. Great pictures!
I'm pretty sure that wasn't a bear, Jon. Check Ashley's razor. Has it been used in the last month?? ... Yeah, that's what I figured.
And it's good to know you're both still alive (though hairy). We miss you!!!
Nice pictures. I wish I could be there enjoying the nice weather. If you like, I can try to bottle some of Bart's and my sweat and ship it to you so that you won't be missing out on anything.
Katie, you should try ebaying that stuff....might be a good market out there for it.
Hi. :)
Ummm.... Aren't you back in Utah yet? Why haven't you posted--we want to hear more about your adventures.
Also, unless I see actual pictures of one of you riding on an ACTUAL whale, I'm not going to believe that story we received in the mail.
P.S. Thanks for the message in the bottle--very fun!
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