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Day 3: Monday, August 29, 2011: Juneau
We arrived in Juneau at 12:00 noon. What a beautiful town!
Our excursion for the day was ziplining in their temperate rain forest, but first we checked out the town and ate some authentic crab cakes.
We arrived in Juneau at 12:00 noon. What a beautiful town!
Our excursion for the day was ziplining in their temperate rain forest, but first we checked out the town and ate some authentic crab cakes.
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Our first (of many) Glacier Sighting
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Juneau's beautiful harbor
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These tram cars looked really cool coming out of the clouds
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And watching a sea plane
land was even better.
land was even better.
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Juneau architecture
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Juneau even has a Harley Davidson dealer
Very tasty Crab Cakes here
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Zipling was the coolest thing ever.
We don't have many pictures, but we do have some awesome video clips.
Ziplining requires the use of both hands. One hand is used to steer, the other to brake before you hit the tree
In order to shoot video clips while you are zipping through the air, you must use your brake hand to hold the camera, but you will need to use that hand to stop at the end of the line. The camera is on a safety strap around the neck dropped while braking.
This is the shuttle vehicle to get us
most of the way up the hill.
We don't have many pictures, but we do have some awesome video clips.
Ziplining requires the use of both hands. One hand is used to steer, the other to brake before you hit the tree
In order to shoot video clips while you are zipping through the air, you must use your brake hand to hold the camera, but you will need to use that hand to stop at the end of the line. The camera is on a safety strap around the neck dropped while braking.
This is the shuttle vehicle to get us
most of the way up the hill.
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He's having lots of fun
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Guys ... be careful how you answer this.
We also had to walk down a suspension bridge. It was fun to sway it side to side and jump on it.
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At the end of the run, we had to repel down this tree from the 50 foot landing to get back to solid ground.
A beautiful view
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After getting back to town, we checked out a few of the gift shops.
What do you think ... did he buy one of those lovely hats?
What do you think ... did he buy one of those lovely hats?
Check out a few of our ziplining videos
Scott Ziplining
Barbara Ziplining
Scott Repelling from 30 foot landing in tree
During our longest run, I lost control of turning and did a complete 360. Somewhere in the turn my sweatshirt sleeve got hung up in the rollers, so I braked ... leaving me stranded in the middle of the run. The guide had to come out and rescue me. <<< hehehehe >>>
Watch Scott repel at the end of this page.
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Here's a direct link to YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFe76kii4ZY
If you are unable to view YouTube
(because you might be at work),
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Here's a direct link to YouTube:
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Here's a direct link to YouTube:
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"Me, I, or My" will always mean Barbara
The famous Red Dog Saloon
