Snap, Crackle, Pop
August 20, 2008
The weather was good today and our boat tour of the Kenai Fjords Peninsula and glaciers was a go! Along the way we saw Bald Eagles, Puffins, a Humpback Whale, and Sea Otters. Perhaps the most exciting thing however, was the Aialik Glacier. The glacier gave us the title of this blog entry. As we maneuvered close to it you could hear what almost sounded like thunder. However, it was the glacier ice breaking free and crashing into the water below. It was pretty amazing and I was able to catch a couple of the bigger break aways on video. Someday when we figure out how to upload to You Tube we’ll include a link.
Although the weather was good, the open ocean was somewhat rough. So rough that many of the tourists were using barf bags. I’m happy to report that although Tom looked pretty green, he never had to use the bag! One of the deckhands told us that the swells were 8 to 10 feet and was some of the roughest she seen the tour go out in. We were all happy that we endured the rough water to see the amazing sights at the Aialik Glacier.
This evening we drove back to Anchorage and tomorrow we’re off to the train depot to take a train to Talkeetna and spend 2 nights at the Princess Mt. McKinley lodge.
Jess
3 comments
Todd
“Snap, Crackle, Pop” is the sound of mother nature screaming from global warming…Perhaps, “Glacial Death Scream” would have been a more appropriate title. 🙂
Anonymous
How much daylight do you have?
Mooneys
WOW! Amazing pictures! Now that you have started a blog I really think that both of you should get on Facebook. You gotta jump on that bandwagon too. It’s fun and it gives you something else to use your computer for! 🙂
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