Juneau, Alaska

Our second stop...Juneau, Alaska
We pulled into Juneau on August 11th, which is our anniversary. We celebrated our second anniversary on a glacier. Brad and I did a glacier trek on Mendenhall Glacier. It took us about two hours hike to the glacier. The hike consisted of both a National Park trail and off trail portions, where we climbed the mountains. Once we got to the glacier, we walked around on it and did a little ice climbing. The ice climbing was a little scary but turned out to be an amazing experience.
On deck, waiting to go ashore to begin our busy day of hiking


The view from the ship


At the head of the National Park trail getting ready to head out.
Brad all geared up and ready to go

Amanda ready for the hike


On our way to the glacier we saw a family of ducks and a beaver.
Some views from our hike...






Getting close

Brad before we put on our climbing gear


All geared up...


The glacier had tons of open areas were water was flowing underneath
On the glacier...


One of our tour guides


We were given one bottle of water each back at the van (before our hike began) and told to drink up we would fill up on the glacier. This is Brad filling up his water bottle and testing out the water.





Preparing for my ice climb. Making sure I will be securely fastened to the rope.


and I'm off
I made it to the top :) Woohoo


Brad preparing to go up on his ice climb

Brad at the top
Brad was by far the fastest one to the top!


On our way back to the van
Safe in the van


A gift from Brad's mom for our anniversary

In town