Today was a cold, damp day, but for the most part I didn’t feel as uncomfortable as yesterday in spite of the colder temperature. The main attraction of the trip for many is the glaciers, and I did enjoy Glacier Bay National Park. But I think I like Hubbard Glagier better than Johns Hopkins. This post is mostly a photo dump from the day, without much in the way of commentary. I’ll separate the Johns Hopkins photos from the other glacier and random stuff photos from the park.
Here was the highlight of my day: seeing a humpback blow. The ranger aboard said it looked like an adult and a child humpback near the beach I missed the shot, but I did see the double blow a couple of times
These photos are before we parked next to the face of the glacier.
…and here are the shots from the glacier. If they look like black and white photos (they did to me when I pulled them from the camera) it’s because we had a limited color palate to work with. On some you can detect the varying blue hues of the ice, and occasionaly the rock on either side will show its brown. But I actually kind of like the neary black and white look — it seems more dramatic in a way.
The afternoon consisted of some down time, some reading, and dinner at the Garden Cafe (buffet). I promised a separate look/review of the buffet, and I’l post that shortly.
and then