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Michi und Rahel Round The World 2015
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- Jun 4, 2015
- 🌧 11 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- United States Alaska Juneau Gull City 58.301944, -134.41972258°18’7” N 134°25’11” W
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Day 56
Downtown Juneau, Juneau
June 4, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Eine kleine Cessna hat uns von Skagway über Juneau nach Gustavus (Nationalpark Glacier Bay) gebracht. Eine andere Möglichkeit gäbe es auch gar nicht, da der Ort nur aus der Luft und sonst noch per Schiff zu erreichen ist. Das schlechte Wetter hat uns einen ziemlich holprigen Flug beschert, dennoch konnten wir von oben schon die unglaubliche Schönheit der Landschaft von Alaska erahnen (der eine mehr, der andere weniger. Stimmts Rahel? ;-)).Read more
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Pascale Haefeli Rahel sieht etwas angespannt aus, Michi aber ganz locker:))
6/11/15Reply
Michi und Rahel Ja war sie auch. Man konnte sie nicht mal ansprechen :-)
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Beth Vogelzang Rocky & Bullwinkle Tour
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- Aug 15, 2017, 11:05 PM
- 🌧 11 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- United States Alaska Juneau Gull City 58.300375, -134.41518958°18’1” N 134°24’55” W
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Day 14
North, to Alaska!
August 15, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Up this morning we walked around downtown Juneau. This city, the capital of Alaska has only about 31,500 people. The economy seems to entirely revolve around the cruise ship industry. Today, there were four ships in dock, and this occurs every day! There are a heaps of tourist shops on the dock area, and hundreds of people frequenting them.

Cathy needed some time to do some school marking, so Paul and I caught the local bus out the the Mendenhall Valley, and took a very pleasant walk to the Glacier. We saw red salmon in a stream, and the glacier was impressive. On the way back, through the drizzly rain, we saw a mother bear and her three cubs... very special. We took a 4 km walk through the forest, which was gorgeous. It was raining, but I think it is a rare day that it does not rain here.

Tomorrow we catch a ferry to Glacier Bay and Gustavus.Read more
Traveler This is a very cute picture
8/20/17Reply
Beth Vogelzang Haha, there is actually Glacier behind us...
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Beth Vogelzang Rocky & Bullwinkle Tour
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- Aug 16, 2017, 6:43 AM
- 🌧 11 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Fairhaven Auke Nu Cove 58.38131, -134.6884158°22’53” N 134°41’18” W
Day 15
On the slow boat to Gustavus...
August 16, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Today we are on a ferry heading to Gustavus and Glacier Bay. It's a four and a half hour journey and the weather is foggy and wet. Wet is normal for Juneau. They have a rain festival that goes from January 1 to December 31. Serious - saw the t-shirt, it must be true.

We will be picked up at Gustavus and taken to our lodge...imaginatively named Glacier Bay Lodge.

I'll add some pics on this journey as we go, if we can see anything through the fog!

Ciao!Read more
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Beth Vogelzang Rocky & Bullwinkle Tour
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- Aug 24, 2017, 12:51 PM
- 🌫 12 °C
- Altitude: 27 m
- United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Starr Hill St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church 58.302285, -134.40913458°18’8” N 134°24’33” W
Day 23
Back to Juneau...
August 24, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 12 °C
Today, the ship docked in Juneau. We did not get off he ship, as we had spent a couple of days here last week, so had a very pleasant morning with most passengers getting off.

Tomorrow, we have a full day at Skagway, where we have rented a vehicle and we will drive 110 miles to Whitehorse, which is Yukon country... Stay tuned!

I've added some pics from various places...I can only put 6 pics per post, so enjoy these!Read more
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Traveler Alaska & the Yukon
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- Aug 31, 2017, 12:00 PM
- 🌫 11 °C
- Altitude: 3 m
- United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Tsantikihin (historical)Juneau Downtown Historic District 58.298512, -134.40463358°17’55” N 134°24’17” W
Day 19
Juneau, AK
August 31, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 11 °C
The capital of Alaska, the permanent population is around 32,000 and grows to over 45,000 in summer. Most days it's raining.

Our trip by jet boat to Tracy Arm Fjord and the Sawyer Glacier is cancelled en route due to adverse sea conditions. We are disappointed but better off safe. So we head for the free wifi available at the public library. Then it's off to explore the town.Read more
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Traveler Alaska & the Yukon
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- Aug 31, 2017, 1:40 PM
- 🌧 12 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- United States Alaska Juneau Gull City 58.300131, -134.4151458°18’0” N 134°24’55” W
Day 19
Alaska Museum, Juneau
August 31, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Walking along the waterfront, we head for the state museum. It's permanent exhibits trace Alaskan history and social life. Exhibits include the First Peoples of the region; the importance of fishing and whaling to the native culture and the state's early development; Alaska's interaction with Russia and the US; then the place of Alaska in WW2 history.

From the beginning of 1940, the US ploughed considerable resources into Alaska to defend US territory. The building of the Alaska Highway, military installations, airports and harbours were all erected swiftly along with a communications system. Alaska became a strategic part of the defence of US soil. In 1942, the Japanese invaded and took hold of Attu and Kiska, 2 of the Aleutian Islands. It wasn't until 1943, they were regained and it was from there that bombing raids were made on the Japanese Islands.Read more
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Rambling Bears Rambling North America
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- Aug 20, 2017
- 🌫 10 °C
- Altitude: 415 m
- United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Starr Hill Gold Creek Valley 58.310556, -134.41803158°18’38” N 134°25’5” W
Day 25
A Feather Bed and Mendenhall Glacier.
August 20, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 10 °C
We arrived is Juneau around mid-day. Unlike outside most Australian transport hubs and for that matter most other places to which we have travelled there rarely are taxis or buses waiting at ferry terminals in Alaska. There are courtesy phones available at the terminals for acquiring transport either public or hotel shuttles but I didn't seem to have a lot of luck using the one here in Juneau. It kept telling me I was making a long distance phone call and that that was not allowed. On to my mobile and a quick call to our hotel and a shuttle was on its way. Once the shuttle arrived it was quickly full and we were to wait until the driver returned. Our hotel's company had two hotels near each other and it appeared that tonight they were going to be full. While waiting we chatted to a delightful young local and eventually we were on our way to Grandma's Feather Bed.
Grandma's Feather Bed, yes, that was the name of the hotel I had chosen. And why had I made that choice. Well two reasons - one because it is out of town not too far from the both the ferry terminal and Mendenhall Glacier and the other reason? The name of course. Who could not resist sleeping at Grandma's Feather Bed.
The room was very comfy if not a tad unusual. The shower recess was a glassed enclosure opening directly into the room. No body secrets between Neil and I and just as well. The shower hid nothing! It was also a fancy spa shower that came sans instructions. Neil and I both ended up having a luke warm shower due to not knowing how to operate it!
Once settled we called a taxi and headed for Mendenhall Glacier. This glacier is perhaps one of the more readily accessible glaciers and hence was being visited by the masses. That, however, in no way diminished the magnitude, majesty or beauty of the glacier. Of course the rain although absent for a brief period while we were first wandering the tracks around the glacier returned and we beat a hasty retreat before we were drenched.
For dinner we walked in the rain to a nearby restaurant/sports bar. On our return I decided that I knew a short cut! The return journey was a lot longer than it should have been and the rain got heavier!Read more
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Rambling Bears Rambling North America
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- Aug 24, 2017
- 🌫 12 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Starr Hill Chicken Ridge Historic District 58.301815, -134.41343758°18’7” N 134°24’48” W
Day 29
Ferry to Juneau, Our Last Ferry Stop
August 24, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 12 °C
Ruth and Steve headed off on the next leg of their journey early in the morning and after an easy start to the day we had another wander around town before catching the Fairweather to Juneau. This ferry was a catamaran and a lot faster than the Matanuska and the Malaspina.
We have an Air BnB in Juneau, a small and simple studio on the bottom floor of a beautiful home on the hill above the downtown area. The pine covered hills of Juneau are directly behind and above. It's in a great position and guess what. It's raining! Who'd have thought. But we are Alaskan now and walking in the rain has become second nature.Read more
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- Aug 25, 2017
- 🌫 11 °C
- Altitude: 50 m
- United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Starr Hill Chicken Ridge Historic District 58.303025, -134.41209358°18’11” N 134°24’44” W
Day 30
Downtown Juneau
August 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 11 °C
We saw the sun break briefly over the hills above us before the clouds and mists closed in again. The showers were back but not too heavy.
Juneau, the capital of Alaska, is a small city spread out between the foreshore and the mountains that line the coastline. She is a wet city, possibly the wettest in Alaska and hence extremely green.
Just around the corner and down the hill a little we found an organic supermarket. Yep that time again. New Airbnb means a grocery shop. One of the downfalls of travelling and doing your own cooking is that some of the essentials of cooking you are continually buying as it is too hard to take any leftovers along you. This is particularly so if you are not going to another for a while.
So groceries out of the way we wandered down the hill browsing the many tourist traps in the old town to the harbour. We were able to jag tickets for Tracy Arm Fjord and Sawyer’s Glacier tomorrow with Adventure Bound. Nothing like leaving things to the last minute. Thankfully we made it by the skin of our teeth with just a few places left. Along the waterfront we came across a cute statue of the hound, Patsy Ann. Rather than repeating the story the plague relating it is in the photos.Read more
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- Aug 27, 2017
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Starr Hill Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal)58.302545, -134.40714558°18’9” N 134°24’26” W
Day 32
Last Day in Juneau
August 27, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Another overcast day! Such a shame. Juneau is such a beautiful city and I love to see it without the shroud of mist and rain. But it is what it is and we are lucky to be here, rain or nor rain.
Today the Juneau Museum. Such a beautiful museum. Then our final downtown walk.Read more
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