Blogs from Glacier Bay, Alaska, United States, North America - page 3

17th July ’12 Cruising Glacier Bay We knew from the programme (that is delivered to your cabin each night) that we would be in the National Park from 10am to 7pm and so intended to spend most of our time out on the deck – apart from cigarette breaks which would have to be in the casino bar as it was the only place you could smoke during these times. So when I went in for a fag I said to the other people there well I’m sure we will all see a lot of each other today (ha ha) and was met by stony faces and silence, well at least I tried! I did on another visit meet up with one of our friends from Illinois, she was sat at the bar drinking and chatting ... read more

Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 Juneau Last night I helped a big old wooden sailboat into the slip behind us. The captain said he had brought it around from Auke Bay and it was going on the grid tonight (at midnight). This morning he was high and dry and had a crew scraping and painting the hull and greasing his feathered prop. Our way out of the marina was very shallow, kicking up a little mud but we were over at the fuel dock by 7:00 AM when it opened. The attendant, an incoming high school senior was anxious to leave Alaska after graduation for Florida where the weather was warm and the women were “fine”. I said he couldn’t find any nicer people than in Alaska and he wasn’t as sure ... read more

Oh my god, how spectacular nature can be. This is obviously one of the most amazing places on this planet. The whole bay is more than 60 miles long from south to north and all of it was created by a gigantic glacier a few thousand years ago. There are many glaciers in the bay. The whole bay and surrounding area is a national park. We arrived at the mouth of the bay around 8:00 AM. The weather was kind of foggy with mist and pretty darn cold, the lower 40's. Not exactly beautiful for viewing, but that's the weather in the bay most of the time. The ship sailed all the way to the north end of the bay and then turned around and sailed back to the Gulf of Alaska. We have balconies off ... read more

Slept in til 8:30 and rushed to get to breakfast by 9. Ranger is describing all that we are seeing. Camera acting up so my glacier pics are with cell phone. Going to try my SD card in someone else's computer to see if i am getting good pics. Very cold and many of us were wearing the same pink and gray jacket that we bought in skagway for $20. Very warm. Glaciers were spectacular. Captain announced that around 20 people were left behind from skagway cause they were on an excursion that could not return to skagway on the ferry. they spent the night in haines and were transported to juneau and flown by helicopter to somewhere in glacier where we sent out a tender to pick them up and return them to the ship. ... read more