Mid-July 2012:
My husband Max and I spent
the afternoon "out the road" in Juneau, Alaska
to check out the scenery,
and to watch the Commercial Gillnet Fleet in action...
Taking in the beauty of Tee Harbor... |
Cohen Island at the mouth of Tee Harbor... |
Aaron Island, with Shelter Island in the background and the Chilkat Mountain Range on the Chilkat Peninsula... |
Near the Shrine of St. Therese... |
The Commercial Gillnet Fleet in action... |
A view from the Sunshine Cove turn-out area... |
Mountains at the "end of the road"... |
Stunning Echo Cove... |
West of Kowee Creek Bridge... |
East of Kowee Creek Bridge... |
Eagle Beach in all its splendor... |
Chilkat Mountain Range... |
A wetland field full of Wild Alaskan Cotton Grass... |
Anchored near the mouth of Peterson Creek... |
Fishing in the mouth of Peterson Creek... |
South of the bridge near Amalga Harbor... |
South end of Aaron Island in the background, with Eagle Reef in the foreground... |
Wild Alaskan Fireweed... |
Forested grounds adjacent to Auke Lake... |
The grassy marsh in the lake... |
Wild Alaskan Water Lilies... |
Mendenhall Glacier... |
Mendenhall Glacier in the background, with Auke Lake in the foreground... |
Wild Alaskan Blueberries... |
Wild Alaskan Devil's Club... |
A close-up of Wild Alaskan Water Lilies... |
Mendenhall Glacier as viewed from the shores of Auke Lake... |
Downtown Juneau in the background, with the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge in the foreground... |
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