At first I thought it an odd thing that the Mendenhall Visitors’ Center had a Halloween party for Juneau children to dress up in their costumes and come out and play. Like why the Visitor’s Center way out there by the Glacier? Once I got there, on this fine sunny day, I thought, well why not? – what a beautiful place to play!
My granddaughter, Betty, kind of enjoyed herself. It was her naptime at 11am, so this event cut into her beauty sleep – yet she was still able to “bowl the bones”, “feed the bear”, “sneak a preview” , “blow a balloon” and “paint the apple.” There were more fun stations for the children to partake, but like I said, Betty was ready for her beauty sleep, so after an hour, we left just as the place with getting crowded with over 100 kids!

Tony Tengs created the "peek-a-boo cave" - a miniature mysterious cave showing a small bubbling cauldron lake with spider webs and bones strewn about, lit up with a black light