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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Glacier Day Cruise- lots of photos

One thing about living in Alaska is that there is literally a new gorgeous photo opportunity around every corner. I live in a postcard, surrounded by mountains and National Parks. When you get out of Anchorage, that's even more true. My husband and I took a short vacation to Seward to take one of the last day cruises of the year with Major Marine Tours.

There are some things that I didn't take photos of- like I saw a couple puffins in the water and just wanted to enjoy that moment, same with the Dall's porpoises playing by the boat.

Major Marine Tours has a partnership with the National Park Service, so we had someone from there who was very knowledgeable about Chugach National Park, the history, the animals and the trees in the area. That was wonderful and if you are ever in Alaska, I can't recommend this experience enough- it's educational and beautiful. You get to see places that don't have power lines, cell towers or buildings for as far as the eye can see, it's just Alaska. Built by nature in all it's beauty.

I took 300 pictures. Narrowing it down to just a few was hard, but I hope you'll enjoy them.

We started driving down the highway at 6:00 to Seward, which means we got to watch the dawn coming over the mountains.
Seward Highway- dawn
 The whole highway is a scenic bypass. You will drive by mountains, through valleys, and by large lakes. It's a gorgeous drive.

I took this photo through the windshield because the fog tracing across the road was so neat looking. There was virtually no traffic.

This is the small boat harbor in Seward, Alaska


And this is the catamaran that was used on our cruise. In the middle of tourist season, they use larger boats, but this was perfect for the number of passengers. The name of the boat is the Melissa Ann.
Major Marine Tours- Melissa Ann

While we were in the harbor waiting to leave, we watched an otter. It was the first sea mammal we saw.
otter be in Seward

The next couple of photos are examples of the type of scenery there is- I took a lot of photos of scenery and narrowing it down was hard.





Then we saw Steller sea lions and heard them "roar".
Steller sea lions

Steller sea lion

So many glaciers. It was hard to choose photos of those because there were a lot. 


Check out that glacier blue! 


Mountain goat climbing and eating on a rock face. 


My husband took this photo of harbor seals and I like it better than my own photos. He caught them all looking at his camera! Click to enlarge. It's worth it.


More of that "I live in a postcard" scenery. 


It's impossible to get any more Alaskan than a bald eagle flying over a glacier. 

bald eagle- glacier

Seagulls. Because my best friend loves seagulls and I need to get a picture of them for her. 


Like I said, I took hundreds of photos, and it was hard choosing the ones to post. But here's an extra from our drive back into Anchorage. 











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