Seeing the Glaciers

All morning we were still cruising across the Gulf of Alaska, coming back close to land in the afternoon. By 4:00 or so we were in Prince William Sound, coming into College Fjord. The scenery was spectacular - snow-capped mountains all around. There are more than a dozen glaciers in the area, all named for colleges by the party that mapped the area in the 1890s. The largest is Harvard Glacier




We didn’t see any of the glaciers calve, but we did see lots of sea otters. They are so cute! They didn’t seem too frightened by the ship - several floated right by the ship on their backs so we could see their expressive little faces. This one is hard to see, but they really were cute. Now we need to be on the lookout for a moose.

It’s hard to believe the cruise is already over, but at least we still have more vacation to look forward to. Tonight we are packing up - they take our luggage before we go to bed and whatever we need for the night has to go in the backpacks tomorrow morning. We disembark in Whittier and meet up with the tour company that has arranged the rest of our trip. Tomorrow night we stay in Talkeetna, near Mt. McKinley, and take an airplane trip over Denali and to the mountain on the next day before heading up to Denali. Not sure what internet access we will have for the next several days, so it may be awhile before there’s a new post.