Whiteoaks Photo Albums » 2009-06-alaska » Saturday June 27 Day 5

Juneau, Alaska, visting Mt. Roberts and the Mendenhall Glacier. View from our stateroom after docking in Juneau Mountains from the trail at Mt. Roberts View from an overlook on the Mt. Roberts trail. Looking down toward the Juneau harbor from the Mt. Roberts tram.

The Mt. Roberts tram seen from the top deck of the Sea...	Disembarking from the Sea Princess, or "get yourself off"...	Tram station.	Mt. Roberts Tramway, Juneau, Alaska.
Looking down at Juneau.	The Sea Princess with mountain backdrop.	Amazed at how small the Sea Princess looks from here, but...	The Sea Princess joined by the Carnival Spirit in Juneau.
From the Mt. Roberts tram station.	Lichen growing in the trees.	Bunchberry flowers on Mt. Roberts.	Tree carved with a totem.
Along the trail on Mt. Roberts.	There were lots of these broad-leafed plants on Mt....	Mojo taking pictures.	There are mountain goats over there, somewhere.
Jane on Mt. Roberts.	Trail and mountains.	Possibly a Fiddleneck fern.	Younger shoots of that broad-leafed plant coming up.
Robin.	Juneau airport from Mt. Roberts.	Snow Buttercups.	Snow covered peaks.
More of those unnamed broad-leafed plants.	The trail on Mt. Roberts.	Scenic overlook along the trail.	Jane on the trail.
Looking for mountain goats and marmots.	Tiny cruise liners from 1,800 feet above.	Not sure what these little blue flowers are.	Broad-leafed Lupine buds.
Mountain Bistort.	Wildflowers on Mt. Roberts trail.	The inlet leading to Juneau.	Meadow Renewal (happens every summer).
Chocolate Lily.	Interesting evergreen needles.	Jane looking for wild life.	Snow-curled trees.
Upper tram station works.	Lady Baltimore, a retired bald eagle, educates visitors...	Lady Baltimore has a six-foot wing span.	Lady Baltimore is blind in one eye, and has a damaged...
Dining at the Mt. Roberts cafe, with free wi-fi.	A third cruise liner has joined us in Juneau, seen on the...	Another look at the Sea Princess from the tram.	Tour buses line up to collect visitors from cruise ships.
The Alaska Commercial Fishermen's Memorial in Juneau.	A Snow Buttercup near the Mendenhall Glacier.	Glacier-polished boulder near Mendenhall.	Broad-leafed Lupine
Unknown wild flower near Mendenhall Glacier.	Wildflowers near Mendenhall Glacier. Might be the...	Wildflowers near Mendenhall Glacier. Might be Coast Fawn...	Rain forest near Mendenhall Glacier.
Flowering trees near Mendenhall Glacier.	Wildflowers near Mendenhall Glacier. Possibly Meadow...	Snow run-off near Mendenhall Glacier. May be a salmon...	Directions to the East Glacier Trail.
Ice limit marker from 1920.	Glacier-polished boulder.	The face of Mendenhall Glacier.	Mendenhall Glacier face.
Meadow Parsley. Wildflowers near Mendenhall Glacier.	The face of Mendenhall Glacier.	Wildflowers near Mendenhall Glacier. Might be Dwarf...	Jane snapped this close-up through a telescope at the...
Closeup of ice from the Mendenhall Glacier through a...	Geography model in the visitor center shows the...	View of the Mendenhall Glacier.	Mini-icebergs from the Mendenhall Glacier.
Wildflowers near Mendenhall Glacier.	When the glacier was larger, this crack formed a...	Glacial polish on these boulders.	Wildflowers near Mendenhall Glacier. Broadleaf Lupine.
Glacial ice.	Ursa minor -- Jane spots a brown bear.	Mushroom near Mendenhall Glacier.	More mushrooms near Mendenhall Glacier.
Jane waves from our stateroom balcony on the Sea...	Jane still has her red purse out for a marker at our...	Departing Juneau at 10:00 p.m., looking back at the other...

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