Juneau was full of tourists, but also full of history.    

ICEBERG !!!!

This was native artwork on an apartment building.  Really striking images.

This simple metal box about the size of an outdoor air-conditioning unit was transformed with the artwork.  Amazing way to integrate native culture into everyday life.

While Joe and I were at the Juneau newspaper office, Joe was inside talking with a reporter and I was outside across the street where I saw these salmon in the shallows.  There were hundreds of them!  The salmon in this picture were about 4 feet long, 6-7 inches wide and just as thick!  Hundreds of them!!  The water was just churning with them.

This little boy was so excited to have caught a fish that he was running to show his granddad.  This was one of the small salmon.  I would have been happy to catch a fish this big.

This isn't a very good picture, but I wanted to show you just a hint of how many bald eagles were around.  There are at least 10 in this picture which was taken just outside Juneau on the mudflats.

Joe in front of one of the most popular saloons in Juneau.  Swinging doors, beer and dancing can-can girls - quite a trip back to the gold rush days.  With the flannel shirt and blue jeans and beard he could have passed as a prospector just in from the claim ready to have a "night on the town"!  

This newspaper boy in Juneau was all decked out in 1930's garb and hawking the daily paper.  Where else could you see something like this except in the movies?

On the way back down the coast, we passed a tiny iceberg.  Wonder where it came from and what it saw coming down the inland passage - bears, sea lions, whales and lots of cruise ships and fishing boats.

My favorite flower from Alaska - the fireweed.  It's about 4 feet high it makes a real splash of color in the woods because, it is, after all a weed.

The trip back from Juneau was lazy and we spent a good part of it napping and reading.  It is going to be tough getting back into a routine.