Late May, 2007 and look at the snow!

I snapped a few photos as we drove along (and no, I wasn't at the wheel at the time) and some of them came out pretty good.

Mendehall Glacier (July 2006).

Nugget Falls at Mendenhall Glacier (2006).

Mendenhall Glacier from Auke Bay.

Nugget Falls - if it's not terribly flooded by snow melt, you can take one of several paths toward the falls. They are huge, much larger than this photography can represent. I'm still a fair distance away.

Nugget Falls really roars! (2006)

Mendenhall Glacier - July, 2006. One of the folks stated that it had rained for two weeks striaght before we showed up. We had bright, sunny skies for our entire visit in Juneau. The following year, we got out to Mendenhall for a couple of hours in the morning before a steady rain set in for the rest of the day. It happens - bring a raincoat!

Glacial grooves!

Mendenhall Glacier, just before it started to rain (May 2007).

One of the small streams you will need to cross if you want to walk out toward Nugget Falls.

Mendenhall Glacier from the parking lot.

Because the low sandbars were already flooded, we had to climb over this rock fall to get out to Nugget Falls. It was interesting and well worth the climb.

This is a big glacier - the photograph doesn't quite represent the perspective of it.

Baby `bergs from Mendenhall Glacier floating around in Mendenhall Lake (2007).

Little icebergs at Mendenhall Lake, Juneau (2007).

Blue ice

Mendenhall Glacier (2006).

Taken across from the west side of Mendenhall Lake with Nugget Falls in the distance.

Mendenhall Glacier from across Mendenhall Lake

Mendenhall Glacier in the evening (2006).

Houses near Lena Beach (2006).

Eagle Beach

Eagle Beach

Looking across Lynn Canal near Eagle Beach.

Eagle Beach

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The view across Lynn Canal (2006).

Wolf print and rabbit tracks (2007).

Breakfast and coffee in Juneau - 'nuf said (2007)

Mendenhall Glacier from Auke Bay as the ferry leaves Juneau for Skagway (2006).

One of the glaciers in the Juneau Icefield (2006).

One of the glaciers along Lynn Canal (Taku Glacier?)

Sunset touching the top of the mountains in Lynn Canal, near Shelter Island (2006).

Sunset in Lynn Canal (2006)

Eldred Lighthouse is one of the most photographed lighthouses on the Inside Passage. It is in Lynn Canal (2006).

waterfall along Lynn Canal on the way from Skagway and Haines back to Auke Bay/Juneau (2006)

Turning the corner out of Taiya Inlet toward Haines around 5:30am (2006).

The ferry turns to dock at Haines at 5:30am. I've been up for 45 minutes, wide awake, and I've needed sunglasses the entire time (2006).

Close quarters coming into Sitka (2006).

Coming into Sitka (2006)

Mt. Edgecumbe, an exstinct cone volcano, is located on Kruzof Island, only 14 miles from Sitka. It provides a dramatic backdrop to the town. In the foreground are the support for the bridge to Japonski Island and the house of the publisher of the local paper. This photograph was taken in late May, 2007. The snow had melted up to the cone by the end of June.

Mt. Edgecumbe - extinct cone volcano (2007).

The park next to Crescent Harbor. Mt. Verstovia is in the background. The Sitka Historical National Park is about a 10-minute stroll from here (2006).