Our hosts fed us a hearty breakfast bright and early. We purchased fishing licenses and were on the water before 8:00 a.m. for an incredible day of breathtaking scenery, fishing, and glacier and wildlife viewing. We feel so fortunate to have been able to see this magical place of the planet and all the diversity and magesty. "Magestical!" :-)
Our experienced guide Jim grew up here and knew all the birds and animals. He also explained the history. While the fishing was great, the catching wasn't so much, but we caught some small bait fish, and thanks to Avery, we will enjoy a good halibut meal back in Juneau.
We spent 12 hours on the water and were ready for bed that night, but we really experienced a beautiful part of Alaska without really seeing any boats except close to where we put in that morning.
One of the only boats we saw all day. The cruise ships cannot go back in the little channels we were in.
Randall got poked by the double ugly Carol caught.
Avery did us proud with her halibut.
Jim taking off Sharolyn's catch of the day. While she had a couple of bites (including the fish biting off the artificial white worm), she failed to land a fish.
My telephoto lens on my IPhone 7 Plus did a pretty good job of capturing the brown bear (what we call grizzlies in Wyoming) almost as close as it was. We saw two of these.
A highlight was the Muir Glacier. We even watched two huge chunks calve.
Do we look cold? We enjoyed the heater inside the boat much or the time at the Glacier, while sipping hot cocoa.
This Glacier has been retreating since it was first recorded. It is miles shorter than it was over 100 years ago when John Muir went and built a cabin near where it was calving then.
You can see the barren mountainside from where it has recently retreated. Glaciers make for nutrient rich waters and land though.
There are mountain goats on that hillside.
The bad boy sea lions were a hit on our Alaska adventures.
A rare wolf siting. It didn't seam scared of us as it mosied down the coastline.
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