July 14 – What a great day this was! The sun was out and there was a chill in the air and we headed to the pier. We had a bit of a wait to board and there seemed to be plenty of seating. We went upstairs with Dave and Donna and claimed a table on the left side of the boat. The scenery was beautiful and we saw Bald Eagles, Puffins, Sea Otters, marbled Murrelets, Pigeon Guillemots, Great Blue Herons, Stellar Sea Lions, Harbor Seals and Dall’s Porpoises.
The otters are great to watch
as the females are carrying their babies and they lay back in the water with
the baby on top. They are very playful
sea creatures.
We went to the Columbia Glacier
and parked for quite a while in hope of not only seeing cabbing of the ice but
maybe some BIG cabbing. There were
cracking noises that sounded like they were behind the huge glacier. It is 5 miles of glacier before reaching
shore. It has retreated 15 miles since 2021.
They provided a nice chicken meal
for lunch and you could have free coffee and water thru out the day. It was 8 hours for sure! It was pretty brisk out and some folks sat
outside but we only went out to use the restrooms that are entered from the
bottom of the ship on the outside.
We dined out “again” with 2
other couples at the Fat Mermaid. Donna
and Dave and Dave and Laurie and all super nice people and we get a lot of
laughing in. As I’ve said, there are
not a lot of places to go here in Valdez and most of the restaurants are small
but we timed it well and got an outside table and a waiter with a great sense
of humor!
There are only 2 gift shops
and one was closed by the time we had dinner and Bill and I had been to the
other one earlier and it had all clothing.
It was a nice ending to a fun day!
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