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Day 204 / July 13, 2024

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Ember Hutton

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Well, we did it. We spent the night on a boat but it was a ruff night of sleep…for all of us. 😴
Our bunks, which were in the hull of the boat, weren’t exactly soundproof so we had trouble sleeping through the noise of the tide changing throughout the course of the night. The rushing water against the aluminum hull sounded like chunks of ice hitting the boat all.night.long.
The plan today was to do some salmon fishing.
First up though, was getting this good boy to dry land for a potty break.
Taylor was prepared for anything that Alaska could throw at her. 🫣
There they go…
Adler and Everett stood watch on the bridge as extra eyes on back up. They were looking for bears but I think they just really liked talking to Taylor on the radio. 👀
Another successful visit to dry land in the books.
Goodbye Serpentine Cove!
Goodbye Barry Arm of the Prince William Sound!
We picked up some shrimp pots that we had dropped yesterday on our way out.
Everett was getting pretty skilled at pulling up the pots on the gear!
Shrimpin’ ain’t easy!
The weather was getting pretty nasty by this point, but we still spotted some rafts of sea otters just chilling and riding the waves. 🌊
Matt and Taylor rigged up the down riggers so we could start fishing for salmon. 🎣
Then it was a waiting game…
Adler entertained himself by playing with his new pets.
AKA our dinner 😆
Finally, we had a fish on! It was pure chaos and everyone worked hard but the fish got away.
We kept trying to find the fish and when the seas were 4 to 5 feet things started to get a little sporty. 😅
The tide swing can be up to 20 feet in the Prince William Sound and we noticed it. Luckily I had pre-dosed everyone with a dose of Dramamine after breakfast just in case.
We kept entertaining ourselves while waiting to catch a fish but to no avail.
And that’s why they call it fishing, not catching. ☹️
Once we called it a day on fishing, Adler snuggled up and read Captain John’s book on the way back to Whittier.
When we arrived at the dock, there was a cruise ship in port. There is not much to do in Whittier (especially on a not so nice weather day) so this had us wondering what all of those passengers were doing on their day in the port of call of tiny Whittier.
Which one of these things does not belong?!
Once we got off the Tundra and went back to our RV we were all so tired, cold and wet. However, we knew that the Whittier Tunnel was opening in one hour so it was all hands on deck to get us to the other side in time. We cranked up the heat, the kids showered, got into pjs and we cooked up a frozen pizza for dinner. It’s times like these that we are so thankful to have our house on wheels!
We made it in time for the tunnel out of Whittier by the skin of our teeth. It was so amazing that we had the opportunity to charter a boat for two days. We certainly made some memories that will last a lifetime for our family!

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Hi! I’m Ember and I love traveling and photography but not so much organizing said adventures and pictures. Chronically blogging in past tense. :)

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