1.) some people don’t fish, but probably have significant others that do…
2.) the mosquito is our state bird…
3.) we don’t live here not for convenience. (pls. fred meyer, don’t set up camp in our town!)
4.) town politics are our entertainment, when nothing else is going on…
5.) we like being casual. Yeah, carrharts work for most everything, as do “extra-tuffs”…
6.) most of us have bear rugs in our living rooms, from big-game shoots in our front yards. (yeah, right…)
7.) it’s all flat, and cold, and boring all of the time, 12 months out of the year…..
8.) we like people to think it’s too cold, too boring, too miserable, so they all stay home, and we can keep paradise to ourselves….(shhhh, you won’t tell anyone, will you?)

I spent two weeks in Juneau in April 1992 for work. It was beautiful and sunny and clear – which the natives kept telling us was very unusual. The town was gearing up for tourist season, which began in May. I was working for a law firm. The local counsel we were working with were still using Wang computers. We had to train them on Word Perfect 3.1 (the standard at that time). It was weird going back to the hotel room and turning on the TV and seeing the evening movie on in the mid-afternoon, or the late night movie on in “prime time”.

I know that I LOVED it. I want to go back. Enjoy your trip!

Wow. Juneau is one of my favorite places in the world…it is gorgeous. If you get a chance to go out and see the glacier…Denali, it is truly amazing…
I have been there several times. I work for Fred Meyer and we have a store there. Flying in on the corporate plane is cool because our pilot takes around to see everything before we land…go there sometime in the winter…it is spectacular…enjoy the mosquitoes….

…and we are so sleep deprived from all the daylight, and summer work, that we don’t have time to edit our blog entries….(sheesh!)

oh, and brad, nothing personal about freddy’s…i mean we shop the ones out of town, but want to keep our quaint alaska community just like it is. (i’m sure you understand)

ty, hang in there, still in the juneau airport and without internet connection.
i’m sure you’re going through major withdrawls! haha!

tyler, I know nothing other than I want to go! Enjoy the moment and the opportunity. Wow. I would love to experience it…..

I’m headed up that way with my wife and another couple for a cruise. Sounds like you’re having a more intimate time with the country. Then again your a kid and I’m, well… experiences. LOL.

Have a great time. Hope the rest of the trip is a blast.

Alan

What do I know about Alaska? That sometimes cows look like bears.
That you will be sleep deprived for about a week when you come back.
That you will still be 5 times as tan as me when you come back.
That I am glad you get to go and have a good time.
Jay

Our bus driver in Denali park pointed out that the locals don’t wear a coat when it’s in the 30′s in July. Otherwise, what are they going to do when it’s 40 below in December?

I remember staying up until about 12:30 in the morning before we could make out all the stars in the big dipper.

Oh, and the locals all told us that Fred Meyer was THE place to go to buy our fishing tackle.

Have fun Tyler!