Blue Heron Bed and Breakfast, Cabins and Guesthouse at Glacier Bay Gustavus

... in person. It was unbelievable to watch several tons of animal lunge its body clear out of the water. I was able to get a few photos, but nothing as astonishing as being there in person. We also watched some of the whales smack their pectoral fins against the water. Kimber indicated they may have been stun feeding or just playing. After a while, they slept on the water in little groups, then it was back to activities. Breaching, smacking, and diving. WOW ...

<br><br><br>The bugs were so awful this morning that Kimber decided against a hike. Instead, we headed out of the bay to whale watch. It didn't take long before I heard someone say something about breaching. Again, I've seen whales before but not breaching whales. We weren't able to get real close to the breaching animals, but we could see them in the distance. The amount of water that is displaced when a whale ...

<br><br>We spent the night anchored at the foot of Reid Glacier. <br><br>We got to Margerie Glacier early so as to kayak without any cruise boats' wake. The day was sunny and warm again, so I was in a tee shirt and spent a little time sunning myself in the back of the kayak while Deb paddled (don't tell her, though). T Margerie glacier and the Grand Pacific merge together and create a contrasting sight. Margerie is white and blue, with a lot of ...

... our trip after lunch. Our midday meal was light, soup and salad, so were were on the water quickly. Now, I have to say, I wasn't expecting to come home from Alaska with a tan, but if the weather holds, I'll be returning with some serious pigment. It was in the upper seventies while were on the water and the sky was clear. We paddled almost two miles to the end of the inlet. Along the way we saw some waterfalls, which had originated about 3700 feet above. On each side of ...

... Park had their fire truck out, with the anger waving from the top. My favorite parade participant was the guy in the Hawaiian shirt carrying a life size cardboard Sarah Palin. She had a cardboard sign, like the panhandlers on highway exits, which read, "Unemployed, will work for salmon or beer." I had my picture taken with her. <br><br>Following the parade, we walked to the park. The Boy Scouts were giving away free root beer. They had made ...

... he went back in the water. Patrick was next and he and I did pretty well in catching fish, but he ended up catching halibut and I kept catching 'uglies'. Man! Then Shannon started getting bites and ended up with the most halibut for the day at three. <br><br>LJ caught one and Patrick caught two but one was thrown back as he was on the smaller side and we felt like we could ...

... it was colder today than last week. Mum and I have been attending little sports activities this time so that we can earn dam dollars because we're on "dam" ships (their names all end that way). We can use the dam dollars to purchase Holland America merchandise at the end of the cruise. Horned puffins were flying around the mountains surrounding the glaciers this afternoon too. We couldn't see one really up close though. Tomorrow we're docking in Haines.

... the day couldn't get much better than this, we were delighted when the sea lions came in even closer to check us out. Once camp was set up, but slower than the boys could stan, we set off on our first paddle around to Chicken Ranch. No sooner had we rounded the point then we saw a young humpback playing on the kelp. Thanks to loads of yoga spine twists I think I even managed a few ...

... bateau. 20 minutes de route. En attendant d'autres touristes qui doivent arriver par un autre vol, on rencontre une dame du nom de Josée, originaire du lac Simon et qui vit ici depuis 20 ans. Elle a fait le tour du monde et décidée que c'est là qu'elle veut vivre avec sa fille. Son français est superbe et sa fille parle le français, l'anglais, l'espagnol, l'italien et se met à l'allemand. Départ pour la croisière sur un super catamaran motorisé. J'ai oublié de ...

... sweet. The desserts on the other nights were far superior. We wandered around the ship, went into the casino long enough for me to lose $20.00 then went to the of the show. It was very good. They did music from "The Wiz" from I think "Mulan" and from "Les Miserables". Part of the Mulan thing was a man and woman who wound themselves around a long cloth and were raised up on a hook as they spun. I´m sure it is kind of like Cirque de Solel but it was quite ...