I’ve temporarily moved back to my hometown of Juneau, Alaska. When I lived here year-round until 18 years ago, from the time began a family in 1977 until the time I moved away in 1993, I rarely hiked or beach-combed. I was too busy running self-employed businesses in art, landscaping and sign-painting, while raising a family. I’m still busy with running a business, but I don’t have a family to raise full-time. So, I’ve actually made time to go on walks in our beautiful surroundings. Juneau is one of the most beautiful Capital cities in America – even when it rains! From time to time, I will post photographs of various walks in our city. Here are a few photographs of our Mendenhall Glacier taken at the end of July during our drizzling rain around 10pm:
For the entire month of July, we hadn’t any sunshine; the temperature remained pretty steady between 52 – 55 degrees. Yet, we still had enough warmth for the Mendenhall to calve off and create icebergs like I hadn’t ever experienced before. They say the Mendenhall is receeding 120 feet per year; maybe this is that time of year – and as I mentioned earlier, I hadn’t gone out and enjoyed our surroundings for a number of years until recently, so how would I know if this is the largest number of icebergs ever?
Wish I had known you were practically outside my door…
SueAnn! I ALWAYS think of you when I drive out to Outer Point! Even after all these years! I’ve even thought about raiding your blueberry patch along your driveway; dearie, I’ve not ever forgotten! Thank you for visiting my blog!