“Our first port of call was the most unlikely looking capital
city in the country, or perhaps anywhere. It’s not even a city;
it’s a small collection of plain buildings squeezed between docks
and cliffs at the bottom of a fjørd. The high school is as
big as the capitol building. No roads lead in or out–if you want
to leave town, you’re taking a plane or a boat. But be careful. The
airport is notoriously windy and dangerous for pilots unfamiliar
with its peculiar conditions. And the harbor can get clogged up
with the same cruise ships that provide the town’s primary source
of revenue.“But adversity breeds high degrees of competence, and there’s no
shortage of that, in either aviation or boating, in the Juneau
Linux Users Group (JLUG). The JLUG members graciously volunteered
to share ‘brats & beer,’ show us around town and demonstrate
what Alaskan hospitality is all about…”
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