We awoke at Millers Landing early to get packed up and go in to meet our boat for a day trip to the Kenai Fjords.
It was disappointing to wake up to low cloud cover. We grabbed some breakfast and some gloves as it was a rather chilly morning. Due to waiting to board, the "good" seats were taken along the windows on the inside. We went and sat outside at the back of the boat. It was fine until we got chilled to the bone. Tim said the boat ride was "awesome".
We saw many orcas who came in this week to feed on the silver salmon. Running along with the orcas were doll porposes that looked like minature orcas. We saw probably under 10 humpback whales that included a mother and her calf.
They were very, very close. We saw otters and sea lions, and harbor seals. There were many varieties of birds many of which I had never heard of. The ones I liked were the eagles and the puffins. The ride was out 58 miles and took us about 6.5 hours. We stopped at Holgate Glacier and watch a chunk fall off which is called, "calving". It was very loud and amazing to witness. On the long ride back to the dock, we all came inside the boat and soon were lulled to sleep by the hum of the engine and the rocking of the waves. We were just getting to the drool stage,...when we were wakened to "Ohh! Whale at 2 o'clock! Everyone hops up and runs to the side, listing the boat to the right. Amy comments that unless that fish is jumping out of the water and showing his back tail fins I ain't getting up, and she didn't. Bit of browsing at the quaint shops and on the road we went again mailing more postcards from Moose Pass, and NO we didn't see any moose! Yet again we were foiled! Quick pass through Anchorage and onto a beautiful campground just off the turn headed towards Palmer Alaska called Homestead. It has the best bathrooms of all our trip and the 2 couples running it are fabulous and welcoming. The backdrop was the Chuglak Mountain range with Two nesting eagles in the trees right out of our camp ground. The cook inset is visible in the distance. So picturesque. There is talk of a movie tonight...we will see how long everyone will stay awake. Song of the Day: "I'm Workin' My Way Back To You Babe xxoo
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