Ali & Nan took a float plane over a Glacier

The glacier's blue ice is formed from years of packed snow - the packed snow is slowly flowing down the mountain.  The ice becomes so densely packed that only the color blue can be seen (something to do with blue having the shortest wave length (and the reason the sky is blue)). Unfortunately, this was the most overcast day of the trip.

My father, Ryan and I took a helicopter to the Mendenhall Glacier for a walk about

The orange thing on the glacier is our landing site - just to it's right is the other helicopter we flew in with

The glacial melt creates random patterns of rivers and crevasses of various sizes on the glaciers.
Our guides said they enjoy watching the constant changing landscape of the glaciers.

Scattered puddles of icy water (some deep, others not so deep) were found everywhere

So were bundled photographers

As the glacier flows down hill, it scrapes away the earth leaving an interesting trail of rocks
and creating the patterns you see in the glacial ice

Some photos of Juneau and the surrounding area

This Eagle was rescued with a broken wing - he will not be release back into the wild
(he seems to have come to terms with it)

A nice little hiking trail above the city