Happy Fourth of July!

Fourth of July is a big day in Juneau. The whole population of 30,000 people or so come to downtown Juneau to watch the fireworks which are on the night of the 3rd/4th, unlike everywhere else in the USA. A big group of us gathered at Brian's mom's house to watch the fireworks from her porch. Only one small cruise ship in town that night.

It was a pretty decent show, lasted about 30 minutes.

The day of the fourth is also a big deal, the only traffic problem I'll ever see in Juneau is this day, it took us about ten minutes to pull out of a parking lot after the parade. This picture is the Filipino group dancing and representing. They had great outfits!

The loud and fun group I was with most of the day!

Hiking Heintzleman Ridge

This awesome hike was about two weeks ago with another fun group, Christine and her husband Tim, Brian Ewing, my Brian, my roomie, Rachel and myself. Plus four border collies!

Yes, flowers are finally blooming in Juneau, it took until July, but they are here. The short month long summer is finally here!


More beauty to behold! A truly fantastic place to hike and live for this period of time.

Mt. Juneau

I've had some great day hikes in the last few weeks, so I'm finally getting the pictures on my blog. This hike was three weeks ago I think, Mt. Juneau, quite a climb to the top. It was a beautiful day and I actually wore a tank top for a bit of the hike!! Here is me perched at an amazing viewpoint!
Next up: the picture below is looking at downtown Juneau from the top, or almost the top of the mountain. The cruise ships are so huge compared to the city!



Brian and I at the top!
And there were mountain goats up there!! A dozen at least and we were able to get pretty close. I did have a zoom lens which helped me aquire this picture.


A great group to hike with, Michelle, Christine and Brian.