Yesterday was the day of my awesome boat ride. When we left the harbor it was a bit rainy...but the day quickly turned around! All in all, we saw 4 humpback whales, an orca, two pod of porpoises, puffins, sea otters, sea lions, and of course glaciers! The cruise was sweet. Everyone was super nice, they even ended up giving me a meal too! There was a park ranger on board too telling us all about the Kenai Fjords National Park, which is the territory we were in most of the time. He was awesome, him and I would talk in between his narration. Some of the boat ride was a bit bumpy though and most everyone was in the cabin throwing up. I felt kinda bad, but I was outside jumping trying to get more air when we hit the waves! haha I learned and saw a lot. We got back to the harbor around six o'clock and I headed back to the hostel.
The harbor in the morning
Bear Glacier (I think)
A humpback whale and her calf
Orca!
Skee Glaicer (we got really close to this one, it was huge!)
Took a picture of another tour boat for scale
Aialik Glacier
Blinking in front of a glacier!
Turned out to be a really nice sunny day!
There's a little weather monitor station on top of there! ha!
sea lions!
Soooooooooooo many seagulls
Puffin, with fish or seaweed in his mouth
On the way back
The dotted line was the cruise I was on
Since it was a Saturday night, the hostel was poppin'! There were a lot of people there and everyone was awesome, a large variety of characters, but we all got along really well. Canada man (as I like to call him) brought his guitar along and long story short, there was a jam session down by the coast. It was so so so so so much fun!
Crazy Canada Man
Jam session location
Katie and I. (Katie worked at the Hostel for room and board and she was awesome)
Dancin!
at "night", this is about as dark as it gets here
Washington, Canada, PA, Ohio
Me and some of the crazy locals. The kid with the ears....also had a tail.....hahaha
It was a good night.....I got to see the sun come back up at 3AM...hahaa
Today, Sunday, I didn't really do too much. It was rainy and I was tired. Chilled around town and then headed back to Anchorage. I start work tomorrow! Hopefully that goes well!! :)
You must have had a blast on the boat ride. It is so beautiful up there. To see all those animals and birds was fantastic. The photos are great. I'll bet you are already thinking about doing it again! Maybe next time you can throw a hook in the water.
ReplyDeleteSo did it ever get really dark the night you were out to see the sunrise?
Good luck with the new job. Sell lots of AK souvenirs.
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Looks like you had a fabulous time. Loved the photo of you dancing. You've got quite the moves! Wonderful wildlife and nature photos. Anxious to hear about your new job!!!! xo Mom
ReplyDeleteAgain, such awesome pictures! Great experience for sure! Good luck on the new job! Hope it works out fine for you. Love Ya, Margie D.
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