June 6, 2012:
Our sweet niece came to visit, so my husband and I gave her
a quick tour of Juneau, Alaska yesterday evening ~ What fun!!
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| Twin-engine floatplane ready to take off in front of Merchant's Wharf... |
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| Newly renovated Marine Park... |
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| Native Art Mural painted on the facade of the Municipal Building... |
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| Sealaska Corporation.... |
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| Newly constructed Downtown Transportation Center and Parking Garage at the corner of Egan/Main... |
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| Boat lightering tourists ashore from an anchored Cruise Ship in Gastineau Channel... |
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| Merchant's Wharf Building along the waterfront... |
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| Cruise ship Statendam in port... |
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| Marine View Building... |
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| Paradise Cafe... |
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| Tourists loaded onto the bus... |
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| Marine Park Parking Garage with a Library on the top floor... |
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| Taku Harley-Davidson Shop... |
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| My niece fell in love with the iconic Patsy Ann... |
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| Patsy Ann was dubbed the "Official Greeter of Juneau, Alaska" in 1934 by the Mayor... |
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| SERRC Building in the foreground, with the Baranof Hotel in the background... |
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| Red Dog Mercantile... |
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| A Downtown Juneau apartment building... |
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| Infamous Red Dog Saloon... |
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| Alaskan Brewing Company (their downtown outlet store)... |
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| Front and back are made out of Alaskan Brewing Company beer bottle caps, which is sleeveless and worn by slipping it over the head (display only, not for sale)... |
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| Photograph from the second floor of a first floor display... |
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| A unique ship sculpture created with drift wood, an Alaskan Brewing Company beer bottle, moss, and metal... |
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| Walking along Franklin Street on a mission for sweet treats... |
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| My niece had to purchase chocolate covered gummy bears and we couldn't pass up a brick of the very tasty 'Mendenhall Mudd'... |
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| Another iconic bar called the Lucky Lady in the foreground, with the Marine View Building in the background... |
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| A view up Franklin Street... |
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| Our niece wanted to see 'in-person' our commercial fishing boat the F/V Chelsey, as she had only viewed it in photographs... |
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| Scenic Harris Boat Harbor... |
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| She had never visited the Local 262 Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Hall where my husband is the Business Manager for Southeast Alaska either... |
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| Ground floor houses the union offices, a conference room, and two bays - the second story contains the training center, a 2-bdrm. apartment, and a bunkhouse for traveling apprentices/journeymen... |
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| The much-used shop while training apprentices, which has three bays, and also houses several individual welding stations... |
Our niece's tour is over, although she'll be back
another day when we'll continue showing her the
sights of Juneau, Alaska...
