Posts Tagged ‘juneau’

oh no, money!

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 […]

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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. […]

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kings of juneau

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.

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ursa

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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field of ice

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 […]

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guess where

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.

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