We've been branching out this summer and visiting some other Southeast Alaskan cities. We visited Skagway a month ago and had dinner and hike the Lower Dewey Trail. It was a fun little hike, but intense!... and I shouldn't have done it with my foot injury - lesson learned :/. There are several other things we'd like to do in Skagway, so we hope to get back this summer again. Last week, we flew over to Gustavus one afternoon. We know several families who live in Gustavus and run fishing operations over the summer, so we met up with a friend who gave us a tour, we went to the beach, and then a short boat ride while our friend set a buoy for the next day's trip. Gustavus is only about 10 miles from Glacier Bay, one of Alaska' top attractions, so we'll definitely be visiting Gustavus more often. Its only a 25 minute flight! For the Fourth of July, weather permitting, we're going over to Tenakee Springs in one of Andy's work's seaplanes. It will be my and the kids first seaplane ride, so that's exciting. I guess its tradition to go over there to the little festival and have a big company BBQ every year at Alaska Seaplanes. We've never gone before, so we signed up this year for a ride over. Lastly, in a few weekends we'll fly over to Haines for the Southeast Alaska state fair. It's hard to imagine how close all the other towns are to us since we can't drive there, but being able to fly really puts things in perspective. I think there are about 8 little towns within an hours flight of Juneau, so we have a lot more exploring to do!
Above: Sea lion waiting for the halibut carcasses to be tossed aside after the sport fishing boats came in for the day. I didn't get a great pic, but it came much closer to the docks and both kids could see him very well!
