Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

Sunday, May 4, 2014        Glacier Bay National Park
WOW! How can it be? Another GORGEOUS SUNSHINE DAY! The Glacier Bay National Park Ranger boarded our ship at 8:30am and gave commentary of our trip through Glacier Bay beginning at 9:00am.

                                         We are so happy to have such a beautiful day!

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a highlight of the inside Passage and part of a 25 million acre World Heritage Site. It is one of the world's largest protected natural areas designated by UNESCO comprising of mountains, glaciers, forests, and waterways.

                      The reflections of the snowy mountains in the bay were unbelievable!

Larry and I had breakfast on the back deck of the ship and just watched the AWESOME scenery. The ranger just went on and on how lucky we were to have such a picture perfect gorgeously beautiful day to float along in this fantastic national park. People him asked " What is the best side of the boat to be on to see all the wonderful scenery?" He replied " Be on the "out"side of the boat"! HA!

                                                              What fantastic scenery!!!!

Larry and I bundled up with our ski jackets, hats and gloves and we were just snuggly warm. We passed tremendous scenery as the water turned a beautiful aqua color! Mountains jetting up 6000-7000 foot from the shoreline with snow covering their gray rocks. We passed glaciers (Margerie Glacier, Lamplugh Glacier, Reid Glacier) and their little berggies (floating ice bergs).

The captain had the boat going really slow as the berggies appeared and began

                                                           to get bigger and bigger!


 Amazing wildlife spottings were announced.... eagles and wolves. The ranger's commentary pointed out specifics....going all the way to the end of the bay to see the "Grand Pacific Glacier", the architect of this beautiful area. 2 miles wide and 35 miles long. Declining, it was once 65 miles long.

                      The gray snow is actually rock, stone and dirt picked up as the glacier moved.

The glacier reaching the bay...where the ice falls into the water causing little berggies.

We reached the end of Glacier Bay around 1:00 and the ship turned around and headed back the way we had just come...this meant more beautiful views with afternoon light! WHAT AN AWESOME DAY OF NATURAL BEAUTY!

                                               My Mountain Man really enjoyed the day!

After dinner we enjoyed seeing the movie, "Monument Men". Since I had read the book a few weeks back, it was interesting to see how close the movie was to the original author's text. The book was so much better!

These pictures are nice but they simply do not capture the full beauty of Glacier Bay National Park.

You must see it yourself to really understand!