After our trip through the Aleutian Islands aboard the ferry Tustumena, we flew to Gustavus, a small town near the foot of Glacier Bay.
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| We stayed at the lovely Gustavus Inn |
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| Flowers on the back porch of the Inn Flowers throughout Alaska were gorgeous - the long days and abundant rain are good for growing. |
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| Garden behind the Inn that supplies many of the vegetables in the meals they serve. |
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| Out Glacier Bay tour boat |
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| Mt. Fairweather on a clear day. The name is self explanatory! |
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| Sea Lions |
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| Sea Lion |
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| Brown Bear |
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| Mountain Goats |
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| Snow-capped mountains in upper Glacier Bay |
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| Margerie Glacier Ship in front of the glacier is a large cruise ship |
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| Closer to the Margerie Glacier |
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| Glacier 'calving' - piece breaking off into water |
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| Bergie-bits in the water |
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| This is a glacier too, the Grand Pacific. This is called 'black ice' because it is covered with glacial silt. |
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| More mountains and small glacier |
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| Pretty mountain waterfall |
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| Black bear |
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| Puffin |
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| Sea Otter |
We then flew to Juneau, the state capital. There we visited the Mendenhall Glacier.
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| Mendenhall Glacier |
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| A raven near Mendenhall Glacier Although pretty much a big crow, they are very smart They are at the center of native Alaskan 'creation stories'. |
Well, that ends my photo-essay on our Alaskan trip. It has been an incredible experience.
Joyce plans to do a "You know you are in Alaska" blog soon to wrap up blogging for this trip.
Tom
Docked Marco Island
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