Sam’s View
Today we went on a Kenai Fjords tour! It was 8.5 hours long!
I got a little seasick. We saw sea otters, seals, sea lions, birds, glaciers,
bergy bits (which are baby icebergs), icebergs, and water! It was all amazing!
Summer’s View
On the first sunny day this town has seen in 10 days, we
went on a popular tour of the Kenai Fjords National Park. Part of the tour we
signed up for stopped at a private island owned by the tour company where we
got a great meal of salmon and prime rib – yum!
We had some good sightings of sea lions on the rocks, along
with lots of Puffins in the water. We
saw some humpback whales feeding along the islands, and one calf jumped out of
the water in a full breach – awesome!
The seas were pretty rough when we crossed the bay, and
several people got seasick, along with Jim and Sam feeling a little green! One
man was so violently ill that he convinced the tour boat to return to Seward so
he could evacuate as a medical emergency! A fireboat met us at Fox Island to
evacuate the man and his family, so we continued on with the tour after that.
The boat took us close to Holgate Glacier, and it was a lot
colder near that wall of ice! We saw a little action with bits of ice falling
here and there, but no calving. On the trip back to Fox Island for dinner, we
toured alongside several islands that were bird breeding grounds, and I got to
add a few more birds to my list! Also one spot was covered with some harbor
seals, lazily enjoying a beautiful sunny day.
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