Sping at Mendenhall

Every day it seems more and more like spring. Mendenhall Lake is getting water on it and the ice is not totally solid anymore. It seems like a long time ago that I was able to ski up to the glacier. The Glacier is looking like a tourist spot now. We now have buses of people checking the glacier out. After a winter of just locals, having tourists wandering around is different, even weird. Juneau just seems quite different when cruise ships show up.

Grass is turning green and trees are starting to leaf out - spring is here. It is light until 10 PM. The warm weather is causing problems for towns along the Yukon River. Quick melting has caused the break up of ice which has gone into a village or two and ripped apart villages.