today was a great day. it was our glacier/wildlife cruise into kenai fjords NP. most of the park is only accessible by water. the trip was sweet. we had two chicas for our guides...one was the captain, the other the deck help. there were only 6 other passengers aboard so it was a very personal tour (not packed like some of the other boats we saw out there that had 50 + on the decks). we saw some sea otters, sea lions, tons of birds including a bald eagle (some birds dive down 600 ft for fish), a black bear on an island (must have swam across)...um...i think that was it for wildlife. we we're bummed not to see a whale. i guess they are scarce this time of year. we picked up a kayaker who had been kayaking/backpacking out there for 5 days. the scenery was unreal. we finally got to aiakin (?) glacier. i think they said it was the largest in the park. we pulled pretty close to it as saw and heard some calving. on huge section broke away right after we go there. what an experience.
we got back and went to a sea life center which was actually quite cool. birds, sean lions, seals, fish, etc. quite fun.
tomorrow we're gonna got exit glacier and hopefully do the 3.5 mile hike up to harding icefield. we also want to work in some kayaking...we'll probably just dink around the bay for a few hours. should be cool.
the weather has continued to be sunny and nice. from what people say, we've been extraordinarily lucky to have this much sunshine. we'll take it! lucky!
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