Shrine of Saint Therese and Douglas Island

This is the island where the Shrine of St. Therese is built. This is a bridge made of rocks where people can walk out to the island (but for now its covered in snow!) From here you can't even see that there is a church out there.

This is the Shrine of St. Therese and a church built on this little island.

The island behind us is a few miles away. The perception of distance is crazy out on the water!

It was low tide so we climbed down on the rocks on the island behind the church. We sat on the rocks for at least an hour watching the sea lions swim by! We also saw two whales, but they were about two miles away! We couldn't see them too well this time, but it was still awesome!

If you enlarge this picture, you can see the house that we rent our apartment from. It is the last house on the right! We live on the bottom, but we still have an amazing view with a porch and lots of windows. The houses on Douglas face the Gastineau Channel.

We took this picture from the bridge that connects downtown Juneau to Douglas Island where we live. On a clear day, this view is gorgeous or in when the sun is rising or setting! We live on the side of the mountain to the right.