7/9/2014

What could beat yesterday's ride into Valdez?  Maybe a 9.5 hour boat tour of Prince William Sound? Well, that was on tap for today, so we were up early again.  We have a bus pick us up for the 8 block ride to the boat...I would probably been satisfied to walk and take in the scenery.  By 930 we are under way with may be the most beautiful body of water we have ever been on.  Sea Lions, otters, seals, waterfalls, porpoises, whales, lots of birds & several glaciers and fishing boats everywhere greeted us on a cloudy, foggy morning. But that just added to the scene...amazing!!  They fed us lunch and later a snack, and just kept cruising.  I marveled at how when the Exxon Valdez oiled down this place 20+ years ago, more people didn't go nuts, hard to imagine not having riots.  When we cruised by the oil terminal that filled that tanker, I tried to imagine how much oversight is in place since then...probably a serious amount.  No one wants to oil this place ever again...way too many lives are and will be affected if it ever were to happen again.  Let's hope not.

We head back to our camper knowing just what beauty there is here...we have run out of adjectives!!

Steve & Barb Larson

These things were everywhere

One of the many waterfalls

Catch of the day

Harbor seals

Meares Glacier

Glacier Ice

Barb having some fun with some friends

Thar she blows...whales all over

And sea lions

And otters

Birds even on the ice

Think this girl is enjoying herself?

Whale tail

Two Bald Eagles

Having a great time

Bald Eagle in flight

Otters galore

Meares Glacier

Our boat for the day