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28 June 2018 . Juneau

28 June 2018. Mendenhall Glacier

Thursday we woke up and the weather was almost dry.  We decided that we had to try kayaking to the glacier at Mendenhall, and so we geared up and inflated the kayak.

The Mendenhall Glacier was about three miles from our camp
There were icebergs in Mendenhall Lake that we got to navigate around
Getting closer to the Glacier
Chuck and Karen all bundled up in the kayak – yes it was cold!
Here we are actually riding right to the glacier
Yep, it was close enough that we touched it!
We got close to some of the dark dark blue areas, too!
We parked the kayak on the “beach” along the north side of the glacier. It was just too cold and windy there to have our lunch!

So we took off for the waterfall area, about a mile back from the glacier.  Much warmer there, lunch was great – until the cruise ship tourists decided to use our kayak as their photo opportunity.  We were able to chase them off, rescue our Kayak, finish our lunch and head back to camp to dry out.

Chuck with the Mendenhall Falls in the back ground- can you see the little people on the beach?
The beach near the Mendenhall waterfall. This is close enough to the Visitor Center that people can hike out and experience it.