A week in reverse!

We just did the week in the opposite direction than we normally do, starting with the Hatchery and a new place for me, called Bettles Bay.  It was really nice and a few bears.  The hatchery bears are getting more comfortable being close to humans, so that was cool.  Here's a shot of the sein net hauling in a set.

And a couple close bear shots

This one has lipstick

When we got to Columbia Glacier it was pretty iced in, so we went to the west side

And found some calving

And a cool smooth rock face

And an Ice cave

A wicked cool ice cave

This was a day to remember, going into the blue tunnel

With the folks...

The ripples on the sides are so cool

On the way out we found some Jaegers

In Cordova I found some cool birds

And a chestnut backed chickadee

And some water grass up the hill

Then at Knight Island we found a spotted Sandpiper

And I found some kelp to make Kendra!

And then in the afternoon I went on a hike up a salmon stream to swim with sockeye and then hike in a nice muskeg

The final day we went to Chenega Glacier and it was calving a lot.  Also there was this cute seal

And Captain Rob refused to pose for a shot.

At the very very end, as we cruised back to Whittier, we found some orcas which caught and killed (and ate) a Dall's Porpoise.  We saw the whole thing.