Incredible day

Oh, and there's more, much more.

JellyFish!

I took another kayaking trip into Secret Bay here in Glacier Bay National Park. One of the most surprising thing was seeing these jellyfish in the water as I left the bay. There's a channel that connects Secret Bay to the surrounding waters outside the islands, but it's only filled in at high tide. As the tide was flowing out from Secret Bay, as we headed back to the open waters, these jellyfish were riding the outgoing tide just as we were, though slightly slower. I also saw porpoises, sea lions, and a bear. I got better video than pictures of those, so I'm going to see if I can post them on YouTube.

Kayaking

I was kayaking out towards Secret Bay, and there's this small inlet that fills in at high tide. We let the rising tide carry us in through this beautiful inlet for a good mile or more. We didn't make it all the way to Secret Bay, but we saw some great scenery. I hope I remember bug spray next time. It was cool to see how much the tide would fill things in in the short time we were there. On the way out we saw a cruise ship passing us. Cool eh? I bet I ended up in more than a couple vacation photos, considering the beauty of the surrounding scenery.

-J

glacier

One of the perks of working for Glacier Bay Lodge is that we get to enjoy the boat rides for free. I took a morning from one of my days off to ride up the bay and get a look at the glaciers up there. It's really something to see. Huge. I just kept thinking "break, break, break" but only small pieces broke off. When I say small, we're really talking small like the size of a house, but I was hoping for massive calving here, and I didn't see that really, just 'small' pieces plunging into the ocean. I'm glad picasa's photo posting is working today, yesterday it was broken.

-J