BaconFest!

You read that right.  A festival devoted to bacon.  I didn't even ask Graham if he wanted to go; I just bought the tickets.

Local restaurants and vendors from all over Juneau came out with their bacon-inspired dishes...everything from appetizers, to cocktails, entrees and desserts.  I don't think I've eaten that much bacon in such a short amount of time, but it was delicious!  Good thing there's a lot of hiking here!

We couldn't resist taking a picture of the Bacon Queen.  Yes, those are actual strips of bacon forming the bodice and skirt of her "outfit."

Is Alaska Awesome?

Someone shared this cute video with me.  Some fun facts about Alaska.

It shares the sad truth about the clouds and rain of Juneau, though...according to the video, on any given day there is only a 30% chance of seeing the sun in Juneau.  The next statistic relates to the Northern Lights, which can be seen on average 243 days per year from Fairbanks.  So comparatively, you have a 2x greater chance of seeing the Northern Lights in Fairbanks than the sun in Juneau.  But as we're all learning, with the rain comes some of Southeast Alaska's pristine beauty.  It's all a trade-off.

Speaking of trade-off's - catch the last line of the video :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf0X79VtIl4