Blogs from Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, United States, North America

We got our wake-up call at 5:30AM with our disembarkation scheduled for 7:15 in “Wave 3”. This is a departure from previous exits from HAL ships where luggage off-load tags were called (for example, our bags were tagged with BLACK-1). This time each wave included several types of tags and colors that were on your disembarkation instructions but they only called the wave. I just got some rolls/croissants to eat with some cheese and cold-cuts. Sharon got a couple waffles. We went back to our cabin and waited as first Wave 1 was offloaded, followed by Wave 2. We pulled our carry-ons with us as we went down to Deck 2 to exit the ship for one final time (at least for now) when they called Wave 3. The cruise director Jordan was there to say ... read more

Kenai Fjords National Park Cruise - that's what we did today. We boarded a large catamaran at 10:00 am and made our way through the national park. We toured three glaciers - Bear, Holgate and Aialik. Twice during the trip we encountered Humpback Whales. They gave us an amazing show. The best show was between a sea lion and harbor seal. The seal thought he would climb on the rocks next to an old sea lion. The sea lion did not like the idea at all. Finally after some loud arguing the harbor seal jumped off the rock. We also saw but didn't get pictures of silver salmon and Dall's porpoises. We saw puffins flying low over the water, Kittiwakes and Common Murres hanging out on the rocks. The glaciers are always a real treat. We ... read more

Had to set an alarm this morning so I’d get up way early enough to get some wash done and pack up for the week long adventure to go to three different wilderness lodges across the seven days. Since I’m used to simply taking from the car each night whatever clothes I need for the very next day, this requires some thought I haven’t had to do thus far. Listening and going by the weather reports up here is worse than in Wisconsin. Bottom line is whatever the weather looks like at the moment, it could be completely different in just a few hours. I decide not to take my winter coat along but do tuck in the long underwear just in case. I also take one pair of shorts just in case. From what I ... read more

Dick Eveson’s Alaska Tour - Resurrection Bay and Kenai Fjords National Park Alaska is famous for many things including great scenery, glaciers, mountains, bears, moose, caribou and mountain sheep. It is also famous for its seashore and sea life. One way to see the sights is to tale en excursion boat to the places you can’t get to by car. From Anchorage we have a choice of Prince William Sound or Resurrection Bay. It is a hard choice to make. On this occasion we chose Resurrection Bay and the nearby Kenai Fjords National Park. The next choice was which excursion boat to take. There are several companies offering service from Seward, Alaska, at the head of Resurrection Bay. I haven’t heard anything bad about any of the companies. So, it was route selection and amenities that ... read more

Une fois n'est pas coutume, le banquet de la conference se deroule dans un train. Les 1300 roboticiens chanceux que nous sommes embarquons donc depuis Anchorage pour un voyage aller-retour de 4h30 vers Spencer Glacier au sud est d'Anchorage dans la peninsule du Kenai. Les photos ne rendent pas totalement justice aux paysages magnifiques car la plupart ont ete prises depuis le train mais donnent deja un avant-gout en attendant les prochaines photos que je prendrais ce week-end en passant sur la route qui longe la voie ferree pour me rendre sur la peninsule du Kenai.... read more