Beautiful Mendenhall glacier in Juneau-- the best place in Juneau.

I love ice. I wanted to go swim in the lake and play with the floating ice, but it was, um, cold and rainy.

The view from above Nugget Falls.

Today I spent hanging out in Juneau. Juneau is beautiful with great steep mountains rising up behind it. If the fog lifts you can see some dramatic waterfalls coming down. I ran up Mt. Roberts this morning (not to the top, just to where there was a big snowfield) and then wandered around town. I think I maybe should have gone back up to the glacier because town is very touristy and the many stores don't interest me much. All the Alaska cruises stop in Juneau so there's a horde of cruise goers surging through the town and back again that can knock you over if you're not careful. To avoid this I hid out in the state museum (at a very cheap $5 I didn't even have to pretend to be a student still) and the public library (free wireless-- I love libraries) until it was time to go back out to the ferry dock.

A recreation of an Eagle nesting tree in the Museum. They claimed that Eagles' nests, since they mate for life and add sticks to their nest every year, can get as big as a Toyota Tacoma. That I would like to see. They'd have to start out in a pretty sturdy tree to support that kind of mass.

Russian Orthodox Church built in 1894 and a popular tourist sight to visit in Juneau. There were even people selling tours to it. I don't know how there could be a market for that since the tourists could get off the cruise ship, walk up 4 blocks, and be there.