Whalesong Lodge
1 Mile Tong Road, Gustavus
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Whalesong Lodge Gustavus

1 Mile Tong Road Gustavus, Alaska, 99826, United States

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Humpbacks!

A travel blog entry by buddyp

15

... We continued towards the river on a wooden walkway built to protect the wetland we were crossing. The wood was wet and slippery, as I learned the hard way. Down I went. No major damage, my camera was safe! I am a little beat up tonight with a sore butt cheek and quad, but I will live. I wasn't going to allow a little pain ruin the day.

We arrived at the river, where viewing platforms have been built. We savored the stunningly beautiful scene. For the moment the rain was ...

Our day on Glacier Bay

A travel blog entry by danharriet

19

... Bay. With the outside viewing, the warm interiors where meals and rest were available, and the narration by experts of Glacier Bay, the day went quickly with all of us gaining a better understanding of this special National Park.

By 4:00PM we saw our rangers disembark from our moving ship to a small moving boat. After retrieving the rangers, the small boat pulled away and headed back to their headquarters. Due to the need to not over use the bay, ships must ...

A place apart - in a state apart

A travel blog entry by rssargent

14

... outstanding; we learn a lot and enjoy it. Shuttle to the town of Hoonah where we visit the Office Bar in search of boiled crabs. They are not cooking them so we settle for open-faced crab cake and clam chowder, which we wash down with Alaskan Amber – very smooth on tap. On the return shuttle Sheila's spots a whale breaching. This is closer than the whales on our whale tour. We get a fine view of the tail as it dives. We ...

Near disaster

A travel blog entry by wheresgordon

2

... was closed. On the window was a note saying that all ferry service was canceled for the remainder of the 2010 season. I wasn't sure whether this note was referring to my ferry but I was reasonably sure I was at the right harbor and I didn't see any other buildings that looked like ferry service offices. Things didn't look good. There was a restaurant nearby so I checked there to see if anyone knew anything. They ...

I got crabs!

A travel blog entry by wnrdog



We awoke to a calm morning in North Sandy Cove. Immediately following breakfast, we launched the canoes. We paddled along the rim of an island, and as the tide was way down, we viewed vertical tide pools. Along the steep rock outcroppings differing levels could be distinguished: barnacles and muscles at the top, with star fish, urchins, and sea cucumbers near the water level. In the shallow water, we saw a good sized jelly fish, some snails, and thousands of infant salmon, ...