The capital of Alaska, Juneau, is a beautiful small city set on a salt water channel and surrounded by magnificent alpine peaks. It's is a nature lovers paradise, with great shops, restaurants, and the only glacier, the Mendenhall, within the municipal limits of any city. The Herbert Glacier is about a 5 hour round trip by foot … Continue reading Herbert Glacier near Juneau, Alaska
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Coffee in Portland photo
Despite it's more famous neighbour to the north having a reputation of the best coffee in North America, Portland coffee shops are not so bad either. When I mean coffee I mean espresso, not the stuff that's so common in the USA, that sometimes tastes like it was made last week. So if you go … Continue reading Coffee in Portland photo
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Blue ice in Tracy Arm Alaska
Ice calving is the breaking off of big chunks of ice at the edge of a glacier. It is the sudden release and breaking away of a mass of ice and often makes a huge cracking noise. This is a close up of floating piece of ice that had only moments before come away from … Continue reading Blue ice in Tracy Arm Alaska
