A quiet day on Glacier Bay

Sunday, May 23, 2010
Was hoping for a fantastic day at Glacier Bay. In order to limit the traffic in Glacier Bay, only a couple cruise lines are now allowed entry into the park.  HAL is one of them, so we were happy to find this stop on the itinerary that included the land tour we wanted.
Although there wasn't a lot of calving action, we did catch a couple of small ones. National Park Service naturalists boarded the ship to share their knowledge about the park and its wildlife during our day-long cruise in the bay.

 

It was so amazing to see the beautiful blue colored glaciers. They looked like giant prisms at times.

 

And here's one of the little calving action we saw.  Even the little ones create a lot of noise, but not the big boom we were hoping for.

 

And the best part -- they served hot chocolate and pea soup while we were hanging around.  Very nice, HAL!  Thank you.

Tomorrow is the last port on our Alaskan journey....Ketchikan.