Happy Birthday to Jen. I had to sing alone and it was a Smore and not a cake, but she had a great day. We got another blessed weather day. Sunny all day long.
So after the big Exxon - Waldez oil spill on Prince William Sound, Exxon gave a bunch of money. Some of that money went to fund the Alaska Sea Life center that we visited today. Who says good can't come from a guilty conscience? We got to see a bunch of the marine wildlife up close that we'd only been able to see from a distance. We saw hundreds of Stellar sea lions in Glacier Bay, but I had no idea how big they were until we were right up next to one. They had split level aquariums so you could see the animals both in and out of the water. There is something so graceful and magnificent about that sea lion under water.
And the swimming birds. Holy Cow! Who knew that birds can swim under water. They literally fly through the water.
One of the most remarkable creatures in the Moon Jellyfish. We saw these guys in the aquiariums and in the bay as we kayaked.
Kayaking was redeemed today. We got 'taxied' over to thumb cove where we got in kayaks and paddles around the cove. Unfortunately, the dead whale that we were hoping to see had only hours before been towed out to open water. All the remained was hunks of whale blubber bobbing up and down in the water. We paddled up a salmon stream a bit and saw eagles picking at spent salmon. But again, the weather made it all so enjoyable and peaceful. We ate in town on the water.
Camping has been fun. I cooked pancakes this morning and am planning to do so again tomorrow. We ran across a blueberry patch this afternoon at the kayak take-out, so tomorrow pancakes will be blue berry.
Tomorrow we have our big glacier hike. 6 hours hiking out onto a glacier and back. Then we'll head north towards Denali. We'll camp at a campsite along the way and drive the rest in the morning. Again, who knows what access we'll find.
Jen thanks you all for your birthday wishes. Thanks for reading!
So after the big Exxon - Waldez oil spill on Prince William Sound, Exxon gave a bunch of money. Some of that money went to fund the Alaska Sea Life center that we visited today. Who says good can't come from a guilty conscience? We got to see a bunch of the marine wildlife up close that we'd only been able to see from a distance. We saw hundreds of Stellar sea lions in Glacier Bay, but I had no idea how big they were until we were right up next to one. They had split level aquariums so you could see the animals both in and out of the water. There is something so graceful and magnificent about that sea lion under water.
And the swimming birds. Holy Cow! Who knew that birds can swim under water. They literally fly through the water.
One of the most remarkable creatures in the Moon Jellyfish. We saw these guys in the aquiariums and in the bay as we kayaked.
Kayaking was redeemed today. We got 'taxied' over to thumb cove where we got in kayaks and paddles around the cove. Unfortunately, the dead whale that we were hoping to see had only hours before been towed out to open water. All the remained was hunks of whale blubber bobbing up and down in the water. We paddled up a salmon stream a bit and saw eagles picking at spent salmon. But again, the weather made it all so enjoyable and peaceful. We ate in town on the water.
Camping has been fun. I cooked pancakes this morning and am planning to do so again tomorrow. We ran across a blueberry patch this afternoon at the kayak take-out, so tomorrow pancakes will be blue berry.
Tomorrow we have our big glacier hike. 6 hours hiking out onto a glacier and back. Then we'll head north towards Denali. We'll camp at a campsite along the way and drive the rest in the morning. Again, who knows what access we'll find.
Jen thanks you all for your birthday wishes. Thanks for reading!
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