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Fireweed: Alaska's Summer Calendar
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 4:00 PM by Travel Juneau
The familiar deep pink fireweed that is blooming around Juneau right now serves as Juneau’s calendar of how much summer is left. Plants continue to grow into June and blossoms begin to form. Fireweed starts blooming from the base of the flower moving
Slow Travel, Slow Food
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 3:00 PM by Travel Juneau
First there was “slow food” that started in Italy in 1986. It encouraged people to connect and explore cuisine thoughtfully and with intention. Now along comes “slow travel.” The slow travel philosophy encourages travelers to immerse themselves more
Five reasons to appreciate the rain
Friday, July 19, 2024 5:00 PM
As a coastal mountain community along the Inside Passage, Juneau gets its fair share of “liquid sunshine.” We are surrounded by a 1500-square-mile icefield and located in part of the 17-million-acre Tongass National Forest (the largest temperate