Alaska 1

Dixon Entrance on a calm day
Eagle bent windex
Alaskan beauty
The Portage Bay anchorage
The beach in Portage Bay with Portage Mountain at the head
Out of Petersburg into a wall of fog for 5 hours
The fog broke five minutes before we reached the entrance to the bay
The forest is so green and lush
Inside the forest is so green
And Alaska ferry headed south
The humpbacks get a little too close for comfort
And they make a lot of noise when they breathe
Morning calm and a mirror reflection of the mountain
Exploring the head of Sanborn Canal looking for moose
Masquerade on a hook in the fog
Dropping the hook at another typically beautiful anchorage (photo by Cindy).jpg
The tail shots are so cool
Bergy bits across the entrance to Tracy Arm
Navigating around the bits in the narrow entrance between the shoals
Finding a spot between the bergy bits to drop a hook for the night
A beached bergy bit
Some of the bergs are so blue
Only the flat part is above the surface when it floats
One that looks like its about to roll
The shapes are so cool
Making shapes like clouds or ink blots
Waterfalls under the snow in the crevices
The blue streaks are amazing
Mama and baby dragon
They are getting bigger and closer
So blue
Rob navigating between the bits
I get the helm for the rest of the trip up
A local tour boat headed out offers me advice
The bergy bits get closer together as we approach the glacier
And everybody gets a photo
Gary and Dorothy help push bits and take pix
At the corner we can see the glacier - just need to get that far
Pushing a bit out of the way with the pike pole
The colors on the hillsides are amazing
Finally a look at South Sawyer Glacier
Look at how blue it is
I finally get a break from driving to take videos
This is the way back out
The zoom shot
South Sawyer Glacier
The boys in the dink on a photo shoot (photo by Cindy).jpg
Returning with the captured ice sculpture (photo by Cindy).jpg
A shot from the dinghy
Passing the Norweigan Sun in the channel going back out
A eagle on a berg on the beach in our anchorage
An eagle on a berg mid channel in Stephens Passage
Taking flight
He's out of there
More cannery ruins
Ready to take flight
The old cannery ruins at Taku Harbor
A free night on a state dock at Taku Harbor
An eagle tree - there are 35 eagles in it
A pack of whales in Icy Strait
Another big tail flip
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