Juneau Trip 3

Our work event concluded around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and after a quick lunch my team headed to Mendenhall Glacier, locateed just outside Juneau. This whole area is part of the Tongass National Forest and the glacier flows into Mendenhall Lake. One of the other girls had been here before and pointed out a trail that starts at the base of the Visitor Center and winds around to the waterfall (barely visible at right in the photo below).

Mendenhall Glacier, from the visitor pavillion.



So huge!



At this point in the trip, I was EXHAUSTED. Actually, we all were - but couldn't pass up the chance to do some sightseeing.

 Later in the day and right before we headed to the airport for our 90 minute flight back to Anchorage, some of us took the opportunity to shop downtown. Most of the stores were closed because it was the off-season for tourists but a few were still open. This place had 75% authentic Native Alaskan items and 25% fake stuff from China - a better percentange than most gift stores!

"Oosik" is the Alaska Native word for...well, you can read it yourself.



Walrus skulls with scrimshaw art on the tusks.



Love the vivid colors of Alaska Native art and crafts.

That's it for my Juneau photos. I hope to take D back for a visit sometime next year - maybe in April of 2012. Alaska Airlines offers a constituent fare (30% off posted rates) to Juneau when the State Legislature is in session, which is a pretty good deal.