Sharp's Travels

At 10:30 we walked as a group to Kenai Fjords Boats for our Wildlife & glacier Tour. It was cold, windy and misty. We all posed for a group picture before boarding the boat at 11am. We had 8 tables reserved for our group. Each couple got a guide to Kenai Fjords National Park book. It talks about the creatures of the sea & land and about the glaciers.

We slowly cruised in Resurrection Bay and spotted a number of eagles high in the trees along the shore. We also saw a sea otter, puffins, and Dall’s Porpoise swimming right along beside the boat. We cruised close to the rocks and saw big groups of sea lions lying all over the rocks. They didn’t ever care the boat was so close to them. Also lots of gulls and murre birds all over the cliff walls.

We got word that the waves were up to 12 feet high out in the gulf so our 8 hour cruise was cut to 4 hours. They began preparation for out dinner of Salmon & Prime Rib, salad and rice. It was all very good.

We cruised by 4 glaciers, it didn’t begin to compare to being up close and personal like last night.

The captain got a call from another tour boat that there was a whale sighting. We headed in that direction and spotted a whale and her calf. IT WAS A MUST TO SEE A WHALE. Mission accomplished. We could see the backs as they came up and caught a view of the tail when they went down. OK!

They served us dessert and then we headed back to shore. We docked at 4:30pm and made a stop at the 5th wheel before walking uptown. The shops were neat but expensive. I did buy material for a quilting project. Hope it goes well.

We had a homemade ice cream cone and walked back to the 5th wheel in the rain Time to call it a night.

For pictures of the day see album: Seward 7-24-08