I think that the Alaska trip is fast becoming a yearly thing. Wish it could be more than 1x a year. When I was coming back, a guy I sat next to on the plane summed it up very well. He said “it’s so hard to explain to people what’s it’s like here”.
It is hard! I went back to Juneau this past week and did a lot of running and swimming. I did not realize how hot and humid it’s been here when I found myself able to run, and run and run and have endless energy and I was able to BREATH in the nice cool air. The warmest temp I felt was about 57. It felt awesome! Juneau also has a beautiful new saline lap pool and I had it to myself most days. I found out it was saline when I jumped in and got a big mouthful. It was great-no stinky chlorine smell. The above picture is what I saw on my runs out the front door. Did I get used to it? No way, I had to pause on each run to take it in, while keeping one eye peeled for bears.
What did I do in between all the running and swimming? Spending time with the cutest nephew ever and catching dinner:
We all have really crazy looks on our faces in this picture! Long day on the boat?? In true getting away style; no blackberry, no TV, no radio. I enjoyed every minute of it.
As you may or may not know, Juneau is a rainforest. It is in the middle of a 17 million acre national forest and 1000 square miles of an ice field-and the glaciers are gorgeous!
What always strikes me as funny is that you see the above pictures basically from the Safeway parking lot-you don’t have to go far, everything is up close.
I also had my fill of wildlife sightings which I love. From the not so exotic porcupine crunching away in a tree, to a pod of Orcas super close to the boat-very exciting. I will be positng video of that soon. Bear, of course and these guys below:
Most of the time, I was doing this:
Stay tuned for more pictures and video this week!
Love it!!! So glad you had a chance to get out there!