Anyone been to Juno, AK

[jajuan]

DFi has just been told that he has to go to Juno for two weeks. He wants me to go with him, but with 4 kids, I can't go that long. I am thinking about 5 days to a week. Any thoughts or suggestions on what to do up there?

 

[Laura]

I assume you mean Juneau? I was there for one day on a cruise; there are lots of things to do. What time of year would you be going?

 

[jajuan]

Now...lol. Sorry, I didn't know the spelling...never really wanted to go to AK...lol. I really don't like the cold, but the thought of two weeks apart right now would be hard

 

[mickeyfan2]

Based on the lenght of the flight I would go for the two weeks.

 

[Lachesis00]

What is he doing in Juneau?

The flight is 2 hours from Seattle or Anchorage. It will be cooler then Texas but not deathly cold. It is a wet cold though in Southeast Alaska.

I was born in Petersburg and grew up in Fairbanks, Skagway and Juneau. I lived in Juneau from 1989 to 2004. I really miss it a lot.

My parents are in Skagway as is most of my family, but they still own their house in Juneau.

I loved to go to the glacier, up the tram, drive out the road, if he has a day off take a ferry ride. You could go up to Skagway and back over a weekend. You could go to Whitehorse in Canada. That is a beautiful 2 hour drive!

This time of year it will be getting chilly but snow normally won't hit until mid-late Nov and doesn't stick. Make sure to take some warm clothes. Not a parka but a decent winter jacket. SE Alaska weather is a lot like Seattle. Rarely goes below zero and never before January.
I use to do the unemployment stats (well *I* didn't do them but assisted in gathering data) and one year Texas was colder then most of Alaska. I want to say it was Dallas I called in late November, they had snow and Alaska was in the low 50's LOL.


Make sure you take a camera! Give it a chance It isn't a bad place! I really miss it. I do not miss being secluded but overall I miss it.


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