Today is our scheduled boat tour of Kenai Fjords National Park. It is a 7 1/2 hour tour and of course it is raining!!! Weather is cold and miserable. We called about getting a refund, but they don't do that. We spent the early part of the morning just relaxing around the RV as our cruise was not until 11:00 or so. Drove into Seward and got our boarding passes and headed out for the boat. The boat held about 140 people.
Because of the weather, the pilot changed course a bit. The clouds were low on the mountains and sometimes we could not see across the fjord and we got no high views of the Holgate Glacier. We were supposed to go to another glacier, but the seas were a bit rough so we did the alternate route. We saw a humpback whale and spent some time watching him. The good thing about these cruises is that the pilot can go where there are sightings of whales, etc. and spend a bit of time watching them. We also saw harbor seals, sea lions, puffins and other birds. Saw a couple of Dall's porpoises also, but they are very speedy and could not get pictures of them. Did get a couple of the whale's tail.
When we got to the glacier it was very quiet. We did hear some creaking and groaning and saw one small chunk of ice fall in the water, but it was a quiet day. A few very small pieces fell in also and I think I got a pix of that - I missed our one larger chunk but I have pictures of glaciers calving from our AK cruise a few years ago.
They served and all you can eat lunch of prime rib and baked salmon w/ salad and rice pilaf. It was very good food. After the glacier viewing and on the way back they had the desserts set up..We had a good time with Frank and Barb, but were very disappointed in what we saw. It was also very cold and it really felt good inside the cabin of the boat.
Needless to say after that long in the RV the dogs were very glad to see us and get out of the RV for a while. Jerry took them for a walk and we all went out after a few minutes b/c an eagle had landed in a tree right at the campground. We got some pictures of him, but he was in a leafy tree and was a bit hard to see. We did see one swoop down across the river and grab a piece of salmon that had been left on the shore by the folks who lived there.
After that we headed for bed. Hope weather better tomorrow.....
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