Mt. Goats, Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2810

I had an interview in my office Last Wednesday with a reporter and photographer with the local newspaper, the Juneau Empire. It was a beautiful blue sky day, and I was stuck inside waiting for the interview. The interview ended at 1pm and there was still two and half hours of light left. The sun sets around 3:30pm this time of the year. I had to make one more business call to a friend in San Francisco I had promised to call. We got talking, and he told me that he had a business meeting, and we should talk in the evening. I said great because I needed to go photograph some mountain goats, and that I only had two hours of light left. He paused and said, “really”. I told him if I hustled I could be with wild mountain goat in 40 minutes. He was kind of dumbfounded thinking of his city business meeting compared to my business meeting with mt. goats. Any ways, I left the office at 1:15pm and was photographing this pair of goats by 2pm. This is really why I love living in Juneau. It is totally possible to be in you office and within an hour depending on the season be photographing mt. goats, whales, bears, or eagles. From my office, I have a ten minute drive to a glacier. Where else in the world could to have amenities of Juneau (two indoor swimming pools, an ice skating rink, three turfed fields, four libraries, a turfed indoor soccer field house, a professional theatre, a ski area, two movie theaters, and a state capital) and this almost instantaneous access to wildlife and wilderness? Go to this address to read the article about me and my love for living in Juneau…http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-01-11/three-decades-documenting-wild-side-southeast#.UPC7c2ez6So Camera body: D800, Lens: Nikkor 500mm f/4 /digital capture/ISO 800/tripod © Mark Kelley