Alaska glaciers

Alaska, what adventure we had!

 I could go on forever with various images of Alaska

but I'll end this series with two great glaciers we

had the honor of viewing.

Both part of the Harding Icefield which consists of 40 glaciers and covers

1,100 square miles.

We took a 30 minute hike out to Exit Glacier.

Very humbling.

 The other awesome glacier we visited on our boat ride

was to the Aialik Glacier.

It was HUGE ....

... and as we came closer, the temperatures grew chillier

with all the ice that had calved into the sea.

And then, remarkably ...

we spotted some kayakers who had gotten out and walked

right up to the edge of the glacier.

Yikes!

Risk adverse me would NEVER be that close

out of fear of it crashing down upon me!

But that didn't happen to them and they worked their way 

back to their kayaks.

So this is going to wrap up the Alaska series.

Alaska

It was expansive

humbling

and beautiful.

Hope you enjoyed your journey with me.

Now it's time to get back to

the birds!

Have a great weekend, my friends!

Alaska's Kenai Fjords

 Well ... I'm finally back here to continue sharing our Alaska trip.  

Last week was spent with family (18 of us all together!!) 

in Florida, which left little time to visit here.  More on that later.

Now, back to Alaska.

From Seward, we booked a full day glacier and wildlife tour 

(for 16 of us photographers, nonetheless!)

 to Resurrection Bay, Aialik Bay, Northwestern Fjord and the Chiswell Islands.

We were guaranteed to see whales, porpoises, sea lions, sea otters and seabird rookeries.

And we were not disappointed!

 Apparently, 20,000 migrating gray and humpback whales pass by the Kenai Fjords each year.

We also visited the tidewater glaciers in 

Aialik Bay and Holgate Arm in the Kenai Fjords National Park.

But that will be for another post.

I'm including just a very small sampling of the sea critters we came upon.

Whale pods delighted us with their spray, porpoises chased us as we sped along, 

but it was the sea lions that amused me the most as they balanced

above crashing waves.

Hope you enjoyed.

Tomorrow, I'll share some of the awesome glaciers we came upon.

Later, my friends,