My Jogging Trail

There sure are a lot of pretty things in Alaska. This is a sunset from our condo.

This sunset was absolutely spectacular!

Here are some photos from a very nice jogging trail near our condo. It goes alongside the twin lakes. Right now, if you time it just right, you can jog and watch the sun set.

A silhouetted great blue heron wades through the icy water.

These are from my jog today. The sun was bright and the sky was blue! The lakes were completely frozen over when we first arrived in Juneau. Now the ice has almost melted away.

These pictures were all taken with my phone, so they're not the best. Hope you enjoyed them!

A Drive Out the Road

 Hi everybody! Audrey here!

The sun came out a little bit yesterday, so I decided to take a drive "out the road" while Jonny was at work. Out the road means when you drive down the main road past the valley. 

My first stop was the Shrine of St. Therese.

The trail continues out to an island.

There's a little chapel located on the island.

A large cross overlooks the cliffside by the ocean.

Here's the inside of the chapel.

The cloud patterns over the water were spectacular.

Snow covered the rocks all the way up to the intertidal zone.

You can see the snow-capped Chilkats on the horizon.

Such beautiful mountains!

Further down the road, you can see small tree-covered islands off the coast.

On the side of the road, the snow was piled up so high that I couldn't walk up to the trees without sinking several feet into it.

Winter is slowly turning into spring! I can't wait to see the moss and flowers again!

Phone Pics

Hi everybody! Audrey here. Thought I'd upload some phone photos I've been taking since we arrived here in Juneau.

Here are some of my car icicles. The snow builds up on the top of my car, and then melts when I drive. The water drips down off the bumper and then freezes again.

I scrape off my car pretty well before I drive. I arrived at work and parked my car outside without any snow left on it. This is how it looked when I came back to it 9 hours later.

How would you like to do carts out in this weather?

This is the view from my desk window at work. I certainly can't complain!

And here's where I work! It was originally designed as a penthouse above the local grocery store downtown. Now there's a laboratory facility inside it.

This is the lab area.

I just love looking out the windows from out here.

Here's my desk!

I snapped a picture in the Costco parking lot of the wall of snow left after plowing it.

These are the beautiful mountains that surround Juneau.

You don't often get to see a portion of sky free from clouds... but when you do, it's spectacular!

Sunset at Costco.

Gorgeous sky.

It's supposed to be getting warmer (into the high 30's), so our cars shouldn't be getting thick layers of ice on them like they were when we first arrived.

And that's all for now! It's back to work in the morning for another full week of water testing. But I'll make sure to keep my eye out for more picture opportunities, so keep checking back for more!