August 28th

Today Lindsay and I were traveling to Juneau. I worked a half day at the Raptor Center and Reece and I finished cutting out the save the date postcards I'd designed and printed for the Solstice Under the Tuscan Sky event. Solstice is the yearly Raptor Center fundraiser that takes place in November which businesses and donors attend. It's wonderful to be creating work for a greater cause and it's absolutely amazing to know that hundreds of people will be receiving a piece of my work.


-Front of the Solstice save the date postcard. Copyright 2009 Anna Kaiser.


-Back. Copyright 2009 Anna Kaiser.

Jenna is super awesome and drove us to the ferry terminal. With our hiking packs on our backs we loaded onto the Fair Weather, a.k.a the fast ferry. I had no idea how nice the ferry's were inside. There were comfy reclining seats, tables, art on the walls, a small cafeteria and back observation deck. I was so excited as Sitka grew smaller in the distance. I hadn't left the island in 4 months and haven't seen any other towns in Alaska before. We drank orange soda, watched the spectacular scenery, napped and spotted a handful of wales along the way.


-Ode to Lindsay.


-Off the back deck.






-View of the Mendenhall Glacier from the Fair Weather.

As Juneau approached Mendenhall Glacier shown out like a beacon. It had been four or so hours since we left Sitka and now had reached our destination, Juneau. We called a cab and were drove to the Mendenhall Glacier campground. The spot we chose had an amazing view of Mendenhall. We pitched our tent, paid our site fee, ate dinner, explored and after a long day, turned in for the night.


-Mendenhall from our campsite.