Thursday, June 12, 2008

Douglas Island

Abandoned lookout building at low tide with Alaska's 2 types of birds: Eagles & Sea planes

Another trip over to Douglas Island yesterday. We went to the south end by "dog beach". Yes, dog beach since everyone goes there to let their dogs run. At least I was able to get my dog fix while I was here. This area also was the location of an old gold mine that operated until 1917 when it collapsed and flooded. The kids thought the area looked like a movie set from an Indiana Jones set but they wouldn't go in it as it was "creepy".

Since Juneau is a popular port of call for the cruise ships they are always coming and going. The kids wait to see which ships are new each morning when we drop Mike off for work. There always seem to be 4 in dock and with 8,000 passengers on each ship the town can get pretty congested.



1 comment:

Mom2Morgan.Dylan said...

Oh man, the island looks really cool! Just catching up on the boat trip too, how amazing. Glad you guys are having such a wonderful trip! Love from the East Coast. Dawn & crew