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Dusty: The glacier pic is Portage Glacier, popular tourist spot,
thought i recognized it from the air given i also had a rough idea of
our location from uniteds craptastic map on the inflight
entertainment.
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Dusty: Glacier has retreated so much you can't even see it from the
visitor center they built in 1986..
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And I was not disappointed.
While my lens wasn't good enough to take great pictures from this
distance, the scenery was stunning.
I was now one for three on the sites I really wanted to see on this
trip, all glacial - Homer, Denali, and Glacier Bay.
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Our room is behind the word "SeaLion" in the SeaLion Art sign.
Kathy's pic
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Driving back toward Homer on the spit
Mt Iliamna
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Mt Redoubt
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Mt Iliamna from Ninilchik Alaska
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Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel
Russian Orthodox
Ninilchik Alaska
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Jeff Miller's Husky Homestead tour
Of course they let you pet the puppies
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Dahl sheep
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While others were still in their rooms, Karin and I wasted no time
exploring the bars looking at the beer selection.
Karin ordered a Fat Tire at the pool bar.
I was still deciding when the bell rang for our Titanic drill and the
bar immediately closed.
Karin was good enough to share her beer with me.
I immediately became recognizable as the long haired drunk who had the
foresight to bring beer to the Titanic drill.
I explained to a few folks that my mother in law was good enough to
share with me..
We all had to stand around outside waiting to hear our names called.
We weren't supposed to have any food or drink.
When they called our "Ketchum", I replied "Cheers!"
For the rest of the week, a few people recognized me as the guy with
the beer...or the guy with the mother in law... or both...
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Majerie Glacier and the Noordam, the one of the Westerdam's sister
ships.
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Majerie Glacier
I took a few minutes of video hoping to catch a large piece of ice
calving, but did not see any significant calving.
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Topeka Glacier
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Topeka Glacier
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John Hokpins Glacier
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John Hokpins Glacier
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Toyatte Glacier
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Lamplugh glacier
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Reid Glacier
After Jaw Point I finally came back inside and had lunch.
I was freezing since I'd spent most of the last 3 hours outside
watching glaciers.
On the way out of Glacier Bay I relaxed in the hot tub and watched our
cruise ship float by the mountains and distant hanging glaciers that
nobody else even noticed...
It was lovely...
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Getting ready for our second pass by South Marble Island, home to
hundreds of Stellar Sea Lions
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South Marble Island
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Stellar Sea Lions on South Marble Island
A few brief moments of sunshine above a couple of high glaciers above
old Seward fort in Haines
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Dusty: Greetings from Haines Alaska
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Booking the cruise with Costco travel got us a rebate, free drink
package, and one night's dinner at the Pinnacle
Grill steak house.
The drink package worked well for us, you can order a very wide variety
of beverages under the $9 limit.
We tried the steak house Wednesday night.
I thought the dining room the nights before had been 5 star food and
service.
I was wrong, the steak house was quite a step up from the dining room.
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Dusty: Just saw orcas for about 30m! They appeared right in
front of our boat once less about 100' away..
Dusty: have lots of pics and about 30s of video of the canon but didn't
get them up close
Dusty: Couldn't believe it when they appeared right in front of me...
Dusty: don't think anyone was ready and got pics when they were close ..
Dusty: now on our way out to find humpbacks..we were between Barlow
Islands and Shelter Island in the Saginaw Channel, now headed around
Point Retreat into the Lynn Canal
Humpback whale bubble net feeding Lynn Canal just south of Point
Retreat near Juneau Alaska
Humpback whale bubble net feeding Lynn Canal just south of Point
Retreat near Juneau Alaska
2:10 bubble net feeding
3:55 whales surround a nearby boat that got way too close
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Black bear cub eating salmon next to Steep Creek at Mendenhall Glacier
near Juneau Alaska
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Dusty: Dinner aka salmon
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Dusty: Black bear cub eating salmon about 10' away..
Dusty: mama is sleeping with her other cub..
Dusty: fence conveniently keeps mama bear happy and tourists away from
bears ...
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Dusty: Time lapse video of Mendenhall glacier disappearring rapidly
over last 10yrs is horrifying..
Dusty: all climate change deniers should be fed to the bears or
entombed in a crevasse
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Finally a beautiful sunny almost warm day!
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Dusty: I spent 4 solid
hours poolside reading about Brad Washburn
Dusty: Retractable roof over pool opened up.
