Day Five
Tracy Arm Fjord
5:00am
This is what we have been looking forward to seeing!
It means getting up really early.
With so many cruise ships in the area it looks like there are assigned times.
I'd read online that none of the big ships go into
the Fjord but the really interesting thing is we watched a pilot get on board the ship
so it seems an expert in the area makes that choice to go in or not go in.
Yes fog was a problem but as we waited there was hot cocoa
and friendly people to chat with.
I think my photo's tell the story.
It was a very beautiful place!
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| There is a nice thick layer of fog however it is very early and the sun is just coming up. |
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| Wind blown and early how good can you look? |
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slowly the land begins to appear so we wait |
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| Keep in mind I'm using a 400 lens this is not close to us! |
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| I really want to go further!! It looks amazing. |
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| one of the first signs of whales is that puff of air and water |
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The whales were humpback from what I could see |
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| we saw several whales and some seals feeding in a kelp bed |
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| Still a little fog but it sure adds to the mystery and beauty |
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| I had hoped we'd get to the back of this ice field where you can see glacier calving |
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| There are beacons along the way but there is so many bits of land sticking up here and there |
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| it's feeling like it's time for breakfast! |
we have our two binoculars with us
and we scan the shores for bear.
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| Another ship waiting in the wings! |
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| All the s"stuff" in the photos are ice. We heard some small chucks hit the ship as we went. |
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| That's not a whale that's shiny clear ice |
one last look and we are off heading to open water...
I think I'll go back to Juneau and take a boat tour of
the Two Fjords. It would be worth the effort!
Tonight is formal dress for dinner
Phil's photo is really great,
mine was not.
We had several ways to stay busy
I did some sitting looking out on the water
I saw some dolphin and some whales.
There was an afternoon
Love& Marriage Game show.
It was pretty funny they took the longest married couple,
the shortest married and another couple.
This was held in the Palace Theater
The evening show was Michael Harrison
Ventriloquist.
Now this was really funny,
I laughed and laughed.
Who knew a tennis ball could talk so much.
At our back window tonight "70's Disco Inferno Street Party 10pm
Another night for earplugs!
more open sea more sea icky!
Barf bags hang on the stair rails.
I have my pressure bands I'll survive
Nights are the worse however.
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