Monday, September 30, 2013
Trees are turning
Friday, September 27, 2013
Fog over Gastineau Channel
Several pictures of the fog this morning - it's interesting to see how the thickness changes, and to see how the sun makes shadows on the mountains in the background.
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| Houses on Douglas are barely visible on the left |
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| Looking over the Alaskan Club and Foodland |
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| Not as thick on this side of the channel |
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| These pictures are in order, the fog got thicker... |
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Last Juneau cruise ship in 2013
The Oosterdam is the last cruise ship to visit Juneau for the 2013 season - it left the evening of Wednesday September 25. Here's a picture of it from my office window, off in the distance. Restaurants will begin shutting down and the pedestrian traffic downtown will decrease. No more tourist buses driving around. Fall is upon us...
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| Note the clear skies, a rare occurrence in September! |
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| A closer shot while out taking a walk |
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
A bear walks into a bar...
No, not the beginning of a joke. This really happened at the Alaskan in Juneau on Monday night. Here's the story from the Juneau Empire...
Bear makes surprise visit to Alaskan Bar Monday
Posted: September 25, 2013 - 12:04am
A black bear stopped by the Alaskan Hotel & Bar on Monday night, but was quickly bounced by the bartender on duty.
Manager Scott Fry was at the hotel’s front desk when he saw the bear pass by outside at about 9:15 p.m. He hurried over to the bar to check it out.
“Everyone was heading toward the door,” he said. The bear “was just kind of sauntering away on his merry way.”
Apparently, the bear had passed by the hotel door, turned into the bar and “poked his head five or six feet into the entry door,” Fry said.
The bartender had “shooed him off and he backed off and started walking the same direction he was going,” he said.
Footage of the incident posted to the Alaskan’s Facebook page shows the bear lingered only for a few seconds before leaving and walking back down Franklin Street.
Ryan Scott, Alaska Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist, said the department was not contacted about the bear. ADF&G often responds to bear-human interactions in Juneau. It seemed like the incident resolved itself, he said.
Fry said he’s seen bears hanging around the trash cans outside the Alaskan, but this is the first time one has crossed the threshold.
“I’ve seen them out in front of the bar last fall, but nothing to the effect of him walking in like he knew what he was doing,” he said.
Manager Scott Fry was at the hotel’s front desk when he saw the bear pass by outside at about 9:15 p.m. He hurried over to the bar to check it out.
“Everyone was heading toward the door,” he said. The bear “was just kind of sauntering away on his merry way.”
Apparently, the bear had passed by the hotel door, turned into the bar and “poked his head five or six feet into the entry door,” Fry said.
The bartender had “shooed him off and he backed off and started walking the same direction he was going,” he said.
Footage of the incident posted to the Alaskan’s Facebook page shows the bear lingered only for a few seconds before leaving and walking back down Franklin Street.
Ryan Scott, Alaska Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist, said the department was not contacted about the bear. ADF&G often responds to bear-human interactions in Juneau. It seemed like the incident resolved itself, he said.
Fry said he’s seen bears hanging around the trash cans outside the Alaskan, but this is the first time one has crossed the threshold.
“I’ve seen them out in front of the bar last fall, but nothing to the effect of him walking in like he knew what he was doing,” he said.
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