Cruisin in Alaska: Juneau - Mendenhall Glacier

We got off the boat in Juneau, Alaska's capitol on Day 4. This was a beautiful city of about 30,000 people. It sits in a valley surrounded by a magnificent landscape of mountains filled with glaciers. Donnie really wanted to go on the helicopter ride up to the glacier trek. I'm really glad he picked this one! It was the most amazing thing that we did. I had only seen a couple of pictures of glaciers and they could not compare to the experience.

In the helicopter flying to the glacier.

Glacier peeking beneath foggy mountains.

An Ice fall through the helicopter window.
And we've landed on Mendenhall Glacier.
Standing on and in front of part of the glacier.
This glacier is about 2,000 feet deep...

Lori and Dan.

Squinting for a picture.
Up close of the glacier's peaks.
Crevasses that have widened and deepened as the glacier has moved.
Donnie "Walking on water" with our guide Craig.

The 4 of us.
One of the deep crevasses.
The guides helped us straddle the crevasse.

That's Dulcie giving Lori bunny ears.

Fresh, icy glacier water. Mmmm!
Mendenhall Glacier. A deep pool that used to be covered in snow.
Never walk on snow on a glacier. You never know what's hidden.
Dulcie poking at the edge of the pool.