Tag: Whales
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MV Columbia, Day 4
After a foggy start where the ferry used its fog horn every few minutes, the day turned gloriously sunny as we were approaching Vancouver Island. We saw so much marine wildlife after it cleared! Today, I saw 3 Orca, 11 Humpback Whales, 27 Sea Otters, 2 small pods of either Dall’s Porpoises or Pacific White-sided…
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MV Columbia, Day 3
Shortly after breakfast this morning, we had a 4 hour stop in Ketchikan. Shockingly, it didn’t rain at all during the stop! We saw lots of pink salmon in Ketchikan Creek and watched a seal eat one. My seal photos are so pathetic that I am not posting them. When we headed south again, we…
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MV Columbia, Day 2
Today we were onboard the ferry all day except for 1.5 hours onshore in Sitka. While the skies have been heavily overcast, it hasn’t rained all that much since breakfast. At Sitka we toured the Raptor Center. I borrowed the below photo caption from a poster near some bald eagles (“I AM Smiling”). The Raptor…
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Belugas, Whittier, and Cordova
Healy was begging us to leave on August 29. It was rainy and cold with “termination dust” snow on all of the peaks around us. Water was rushing across the road as we drove it for the last time. The weather became worse as we drove the Parks Highway through the edge of Denali National…
Me & C 