John Ross and his wife Ruth and Joanne and Alex Beck, left to right above, met up in Alaska recently. John said "We were on an Alaskan cruise when I spotted Alex on board the Holland/America ship: Staatendam(sp.?) We were with our daughter and son-in-law who were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary while we celebrated our 50th. It was a pleasant surprise to see them. Joanne wondered how I recognized him, but to me he looked the same as he did at Necahi." That's also the Becks in right photo. The Rosses live in Fair Oaks, California, and the Becks in Greer, South Carolina.
A brochure says this about the glacier: "The most popular attraction in Juneau is the massive Mendenhall Glacier. It is the first thing most see when landing at the Juneau International Airport. It’s face is 100 feet tall, 1.5 miles wide and 6 miles long. It appears to be still, but it is constantly flowing, with house size pieces of ice breaking off the front of the glacier, revealing a bright blue ice. Glacial ice appears blue because it absorbs all colors of the visible light spectrum except blue, which it transmits."
