Wolfe/Cathey Alaska Adventure: Day 16 June 30

Day 16 –June 30^th

A day of rest……..

After a great night of sleep at the Falls Inn, and a bowl of much missed cold cereal, we headed to the dock for what my cousins, Stacey, Eileen, and Jan, say is a must do while in Seward, AK., the Kenai Fjords (9 hour)Wildlife and Glacier Tour.

Chuck and Barbara...still married

Scott and Shawn enjoying a day off the bike.

They were correct; it was an amazing day! We saw close up, sea otters, dolphins, humpback whales, sea lions, and too many types of birds to count. According to the captain, our day was a good day for all wildlife. We had flat seas and a mix of sunshine and overcast. The captain’s narration of the tour was also a ten. I could ramble on for hours about the trip, the crew, the education, and the scenery, but it would not do it justice. You need to come up and experience this tour!

Two sea otters floating on theire backs watching the boats go by

A very large bull sea lion

Seal chilling on a chunk of ice

Humpback whale taking a dive

But wait… we have to tell you one cute thing that happened….Towards the end of the trip, steaming back into Resurrection Bay, we smelled something like baking chocolate chip cookies. When one of the crew members walked by our table we asked what that smell was? With a straight face she said, “Oh that’s a new diesel fuel additive we are trying out.” She then smiled and kept walking. Lo and behold 15 minutes later we were served still warm chocolate chip cookies. The staff member employed by the tour company that came up with that twist was a genius.

Northwestern Glacier

After dinner we went to the dock where they were weighing and displaying the day’s catch. Wow! My son-in-law Kyle would have wet his pants. I believe the big halibut of the day was 167 lbs. We saw wheel barrels full of fish being brought up from the dock to the cleaning station as the haul was too abundant to carry by hand.