We stopped and picked up some park rangers who educated us about the bay. They did an excellent job of spotting all sorts of wildlife for us. We saw mountain goats. And a few minutes later, we went by a humpback whale carcass that had washed up on shore a few months ago. That meant bears! A pack of wolves was also spotted hanging out near the carcass, but we never saw them. The whole eating a several month old whale carcass thing made me realize just how different animals bodies and digestive systems are. Can you imagine how terrible you'd feel if you ate that? But the bears and wolves apparently do it just fine. It just solidified my belief that feeding Nan and the monstas raw is the way to go.
Glacier Bay is protected, and only two cruise ships a day are allowed to enter the bay. The number of smaller ships is also limited to something like 25 a day, so seeing another boat was cool and made the whole scale of things interesting to see. Alaska is amazingly beautiful, don't you think?
We made our way up Glacier Bay to Margerie Glacier. It was touted as the most exciting glacier of the day.
The sun came out shortly before we reached Margerie Glacier and warmed it up enough that it calved a few times when we were there.
Here's the Grand Pacific Glacier. It's definitely not as pretty as Margerie, but it was massive.
Once the ship turned to leave Glacier Bay, Jeff and I realized we could watch Margerie from our balcony. So, we headed back to our room and took a few more pictures.
Then we headed to the John Hopkins Glacier. They call the point where the glacier becomes visible Jaw Point, because most people's jaws drop when they see the view. It was incredible! The glacier is especially protected because harbor seals hang out on the ice that has calved from the glacier, so we weren't allowed to get close.
Then we headed back out of Glacier Bay, and enjoyed the gorgeous scenery from our balcony.
Next stop, Ketchikan!
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