The weather forecast didn’t look great, but adventure doesn’t wait for the sun to shine. We were off on a 2 day excursion on the open sea. Wish us luck!
I especially enjoyed the last few moments of being on solid ground…It was an early wake up call to meet our captain, first mate and board the boat.But soon we were off!Adler reported for look out duty on the bridge. And Riggs? He reported for his first boat nap of the day.
We saw Humpback whales fluking right off our bow!Soon the captain announced that it was time to pull the shrimp pots.Everyone took a turn on the gear…You know that the pots were in the depths of the Prince William Sound when they measure in fathoms. š¤ÆIt was hard to fathom how deep these shrimp pots actually were. šShrimp. It’s What’s For Dinner. š¦
The first mate, Taylor, bonded with the kids right away. šTaylor entertained Adler with stories from her many hunting expeditions. The scar by her eye is from a grizzly bear, so to say that Adler had found his new best friend would be an understatement!After about four hours, the boat stopped in the Barry Arm of the Prince William Sound so we could disembark in our kayaks and get close to these glaciers.We got dressed in neoprene dry suits because the water temperature was a balmy 35 degrees.If someone fell in they would lose consciousness in only a few minutes – hence the need for dry suits. Fortunately, this tidbit of info wasn’t shared with me until after I was already in a kayak on said freezing cold water. š³See ya later Tundra! š„ļøFirst up was a visit to Coxe Glacier.Do it for the ‘gram š±At this point we hadn’t seen another boat since this morning. It was absolutely surreal to be the only people out here.Obligatory glacier photo ā The only noise was the sounds of the glaciers calving which sounded just like thunder.We checked out the entrance to a cave which was spooky.It was freezing and drizzling so we started to head back to the boat which was miles away at this point. It’s DIY or die out here so we had to get paddling! This brave seal let us get pretty close before it decided to bail off of the iceberg.
Navigating our way through the icebergs was wild and a bit of a challenge.
As we headed back to the boat we noticed that a seal was following us. š¦It was the cutest little seal and it stayed right on the stern of my kayak for a long time……a very long time!The kids started calling to him which made it even more interested in checking us out. I was pretty sure that it was going to follow us all the way back to the boat, but sadly it turned around after a few miles of entertaining us.
Our return trip took us past waterfalls and the most gorgeous coastline.After about 10 miles of kayaking (in not so ideal weather) we were finally back at the Tundra. The current was ripping at this point so the next task was to dock safely.
After some hot cocoa everyone had warmed back up and was able to relax before dinner. There was zero internet out here so there was a lot of quiet time.Captain AdlerTaylor took Riggs to land so he could go potty. He did great his first time paddle boarding! We heard that there were lots of bears over here, but they stayed away from our little bear bait.After stretching his legs for a few minutes, easy going Riggs accepted his fate and climbed aboard the paddle board to head back to the boat.The dinner that Captain John and Taylor made was divine.Butterfish and the cold water shrimp that we caught this morning were to die for! š After dinner, we had to take turns whipping cream by hand for dessert. We laughed that this was a ploy to bring guests together because apparently the captain makes every group do the same thing.Then it was back over to dry land for one last potty break before bed. This time Matt took Riggs (and Captain John with his gun for safety š») and everyone lived to tell the tale.Goodnight Harriman Fjord, Goodnight Prince William Sound šAnd who did I see before we headed to bed for the night? My seal friend circling our boat. š„°
Hi!āI’m Ember and I love traveling and photography but not so much organizing said adventures and pictures.āChronically blogging in past tense.ā:)
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