The promise of seeing whales around Cape Spencer around 8.15am from those in the know yesterday, got us up and on the lookout, but the weather had changed and it was a grey day. The sun rose at 3.57am and the minimum temp was 10deg.C to a high of 13deg.C, if we were lucky.
We rounded Cape Spencer but sadly not a whale to be seen. As we continued into Glacier Bay, we kept a vigil for any kind of wildlife out there in this beautiful wilderness. Not much human life to be seen around the decks either, due to the much colder weather and wind today. We also confined ourselves to our cabin's balcony for most of the day, with hot food and lots of layers, totally in awe of this pristine adventure through the Inside Passage. A beautiful gull sat on the railing below for a very long time (I was tempted to get some hot chips, but of course, that is a No, No!!).
With our National Park Rangers giving commentary during the day, we seemed to be gliding from one beautiful Glacier to another – 3 in all - Margerie Glacier, Johns Hopkins Glacier and the prettiest of all, Lamplugh Glacier, which glistened with many shades of blue. Again the sounds of 'calving', was exciting and hoping to catch 'that photo' of some ice sliding down the glacier and crashing into the water, kept everyone on their toes.
I don't need to mention that we are being very well fed and I can't believe that I could ever possibly say, "Not salmon again, think I feel like some chicken today!"!! We did however, have another tasty salmon lunch, which was sooo good!
Never to miss an opportunity, some of the photographic staff were strolling the Promenade Deck selling binoculars and selfie sticks. We followed our way back through Glacier Bay and still no 'sightings of whales' around Cape Spencer.
It was amazing watching the big slithers of ice, in all shapes and sizes, in various shades of white to dark grey/black, glide gracefully by. A truly wondrous day!!
With all that fresh air today and excitement, it was an early night, in preparation for our tour in Skagway tomorrow….
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