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Tuesday, September 8

Lichen It!

We spent a good part of our second day in Juneau hiking the area around the Mendenhall Glacier. Most of the public lands in southeastern Alaska are part of the Tongass National Forest (the largest national forest in the United States at 17 million acres) which is a temperate rain forest. Mix abundant rain with moderate (for Alaska) temperatures and you get a lot of green - which is good, because we like, hikin' thru the lichen.

The Mendenhall Glacier
Mendenhall Lake
Nugget Falls at Mendenhall Lake

 

 

On the West Glacier Trail.

 

 

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Eleanor · 501 weeks ago

Sounds like you had 2 interesting days. It still amazes me all the greens on the trees. It's been an interesting 156 days. Enjoy the pictures of the falls and glaciers. Thanks again.
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Eleanor · 501 weeks ago

I didn't realize what lichen was all the green.
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Terri Reed · 501 weeks ago

Wow! amazing! really good photos to show and tell, a very remarkable distinctive place. Keep up the wonderful show and tells, I'm addicted to your blogs!

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