While we were in town one afternoon, we spied a fishing contest going on across the street and went to investigate.
This young man was nice enough to haul his fish back out of a plastic bag to let us get a picture. His fish weighed 38 pounds. Wowzer!
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I heard later that the winning salmon weighed 48 pounds. That's a lotta Salmon!
A few more pictures from the glacier expedition...
Sea Otters. I was amazed at how BIG they were! We were told they were about 5 feet long. They even had an otter pelt on the boat that the park ranger took around so we could all pet it. A lovely soft thing it was too.
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On the way back we passed a few small icebergs. This one had SUCH a color to it. The picture does not do it justice. The blue was absolutely luminous.
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We slowed down for people to take pictures of something on the other side of the boat, and I got distracted completely by what was going on in the water. All these little clumps of ice were popping and making little rings in the water.
[album 65561 Fizzy Ice.JPG]
You can't really see it of course, but the air bubbles being released into the water made the whole area sort of carbonated. It was like floating in a sea of 7-Up!
With a side of snap, crackle, pop. Amazing.
And finally, a group of three glaciers we cruised by. The middle one was like a slide at a water park with dips.
[album 65561 Three Glaciers.JPG]
More tomorrow.
This young man was nice enough to haul his fish back out of a plastic bag to let us get a picture. His fish weighed 38 pounds. Wowzer!
[album 65561 Big Salmon.JPG]
I heard later that the winning salmon weighed 48 pounds. That's a lotta Salmon!
A few more pictures from the glacier expedition...
Sea Otters. I was amazed at how BIG they were! We were told they were about 5 feet long. They even had an otter pelt on the boat that the park ranger took around so we could all pet it. A lovely soft thing it was too.
[album 65561 Sunday Garden 171.jpg]
On the way back we passed a few small icebergs. This one had SUCH a color to it. The picture does not do it justice. The blue was absolutely luminous.
[album 65561 Sunday Garden 255.jpg]
We slowed down for people to take pictures of something on the other side of the boat, and I got distracted completely by what was going on in the water. All these little clumps of ice were popping and making little rings in the water.
[album 65561 Fizzy Ice.JPG]
You can't really see it of course, but the air bubbles being released into the water made the whole area sort of carbonated. It was like floating in a sea of 7-Up!
With a side of snap, crackle, pop. Amazing.
And finally, a group of three glaciers we cruised by. The middle one was like a slide at a water park with dips.
[album 65561 Three Glaciers.JPG]
More tomorrow.