Pt. Louisa, Auke Bay

I have been living in the Southwest since 1993 and have recently moved back to Juneau.  I moved to the Southwest for a number of reasons, mainly for sunshine and my favorite season there is Fall with all of its brilliance, crisp air and deep blue skies.  I never liked Fall in Juneau.  The leaves rot before they get to really turn; there’s constant wind and rain and just too much grey.  So?  We have to look harder for Fall here in Juneau than the fortunate souls who live in the Southwest; in fact, come to think of it, those folks have things much easier down there than we do up here in this rain country.  But I’m not going to get into that right now because I did not intend to do comparisons at this time.   There really is no comparison when I think of it.  We’ve got our own style of Fall – it’s Alaskan style!

False Outer Point

Alaskan folk are hardier than most of the folk in the Lower 48 – we have to work harder at a variety of things to survive this climate and isolation.  So what if we have to work harder to enjoy our Fall; like what else is new?  Fall is about us, and it is magnificent in its own beauty.

Early Evening Auke Bay

Another False Outer Point - you mean there's two?

A spit of land tells a brief hint of where land meets ocean

Paradise Cove, Haines, Alaska

Eagle Beach - Pretty soon the snow will come to grace our Chilkat range once again