God's Country

Juneau supposedly had its most rainy summer on record last summer. The downtown area averages about 100 inches of rain per year but had much more than that last year for the tourist season. Adding to that, 200 inches of snow fell this winter -- twice what they usually get. In the first two weeks with cruise ships in town, we have already had six days in a row of sunshine and temperatures in the high 60s/low 70s in Juneau. Locals say that's more than all of last summer.

As I rode my bike home from a long day at work, Twin Lakes, on the mainland Juneau side of the Gastineau Channel, were calm while the sun set. The mountains of Douglas Island, West of downtown Juneau are reflected in the lake.

-- Christopher