Sunday, July 3, 2011

Jack, LeeAnn, Nick and Kathi at Mendenhall Glacier.


A waterfall at Mendenhall Glacier.


Mendenhall Glacier...


Mendenhall Glacier...


Jim, Kaya, Emma and Angie at Mendenhall Glacier.


The family picnic was on July 2nd...then we went to Mendenhall Glacier.

More pics of the glacier to come...

Kathi and Nick at the picnic at Auke Bay.


Various family members...


Kaya, Spencer and Emma exploring the beach at Auke Bay.


This bear crossed through our picnic area, then went up the hill and across the road. It was about 15-30 yards away from us.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

This is at the restaurant at the top of our hike up Mount Roberts.


Juneau, from Mount Roberts.


Mount Juneau - taken from Mount Roberts.


From left: Jim, Kathi, Spencer, Emma, LeeAnn, Jack, Kaya, Angie.


From left: Nicolas, Jim, Spencer, Emma, Nick, LeeAnn, Angie, Jack, Kaya.
This is the mountain (section 1) we hiked up today (July 1st). We started the hike up Mount Roberts at 6th Street and ended up about 1500 feet at the tram and restaurant. With all 10 of us, it took about 1 1/2 hours - just under 3 miles.

(section 2)

(section 3). The tram building is the speck just above the rain drop on the lens. We took the tram down after having lunch.


This is looking at part of the town from the top of Mount Roberts. This section of town is where the cruise ships dock.


This is Kaya on the beach at Nick's house. Jim is taking pictures from the balcony. The tide is out at this time of the morning. She is wearing Kathi's boots and they kept getting stuck in the "muck," so she came in.

This is Totem Park in Sitka. We walked through the forest and looked at the totem poles along the way. There is a section of the forest, with a totem pole, that represents the battle ground between the Russians and the Tlingits.


This is the newest totem pole erected at Totem Park. The woman at the bottom represents Mother Earth and there are salmon on both sides of her face, reaching to under her chin. Up above (not in this picture) is a symbol that represents the park.



Happy 4th of July! This flag is on the back of the fast ferry.


Playing "Phase 10" on the rider to Juneau. It took about 4 1/2 hours to get from Sitka to Juneau.


Here is our rental car being driven onto the fast ferry to Juneau. Jack is driving and Emma is in the passenger seat.









Friday, July 1, 2011

Kaya and Emma - ready to fly!


This is me, Kaya and Emma getting ready to go in a float plane over Sitka. The picture above is Sitka from the air.











This is the building where we saw the Tlingit dancers. This building is part of the Raven clan. I'll post some of the dancers in a bit...they are on another card.







These are the New Archangel Dancers. They perform Russian dances. There are no men in the group. The women play the men roles and do the dances the men would traditionally do. Sitka was once called New Archangel. Roberta's daughter is the 1st "male" from the left in the bottom picture, then the devil in the middle picture, then the "male" on the left in the top picture.