I read tonight that the first cruise ship of the season arrived in Juneau, Alaska on Wednesday. It was in a small article on the Juneau Empire website. Below the story, there was a place for reader comments — ALL of them locals griping about how annoying the tourists are and the ships and the […]
Posts Tagged ‘juneau’
oh no, money!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged juneau on May 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
two things I forgot about juneau
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, juneau on May 10, 2007 | Comments Off on two things I forgot about juneau
1. Upon arrival at the airport, we were confronted immediately with a billboard featuring a photo of a pregnant woman in a rocking chair and the following caption: “If you’re pregnant, it’s a baby. Choose life.” At first I was, you know, horrified, then I realized (again!) how totally perfect this is for my book. […]
kings of juneau
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, juneau on May 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
We are back home. I loved Juneau, I loved our trip. Click to see full size: The ravens run the town. We watched one pulling the secured lid off a trash can in front of the bakery right before we went to the airport this morning.
ursa
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bears, juneau on May 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We went on a hike this afternoon. It was lovely, and I even stepped in a little bit of snow. On the way back, as we walked across an old wooden bridge toward Basin Road, Brian spotted something on the other side of the valley, perhaps a mile away. It was a brown bear walking […]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, juneau on May 2, 2007 | Enter your password to view comments.
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field of ice
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, juneau on April 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Pictured in my icon: the side of the building where I now sit and type. I am in Juneau. Now I can write a book about it. Just a few observations quickly: The crows own this town. They are incredibly large, and they swoop over the town in pairs, calling to each other. In fact […]
guess where
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, juneau, webcam on April 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
52° Supposed to rain for the next eight days and clear up by the 30th but of course who knows. I don’t care if it rains while we are there, in fact I kinda hope it does.