To prove that the sun actually does shine in Alaska from time to time here is Nance about to visit the bears
This is a shot of our own private glacier at the head of Reid Inlet, where we anchored for the night 
Here we are on the beach to prove that we were walking with the bears even though they thankfully were "no shows"We motored all the way up Muir Inlet on the east side of Glacier Bay to see three major glaciers including McBride which is about 250 feet high and right down to waters edge. It was really impressive. We had to dodge floating ice as we neared the glaciers edge but it was not as extensive as up Tracy Arm, nor as big so Nance was happy about that.
We left the east side of Glacier Bay and headed for the west arm which reaches furthest north and contains the glaciers most often seen in the tourist brochures for cruise lines. Our intended anchorage for the night was Reid Inlet which has its own glacier at the head of the bay. As we arrived, we saw an amazing scene unfolding. A sailboat was slowly motoring into the inlet while a huge Holland America cruise ship passed by all against the backdrop of the inlet and the glacier. It was a scene right out of a travel magazine.
The other really amazing thing was that the sky did not have a cloud and the cobalt blue was so deep it made for memorable pictures. The other unusual thing was that it was warm as I just wore a tee shirt for the first time. Here we were with our own glacier in the sun and warm, it just doesn't get any better than that!
We kayaked ashore despite some trepidation from Nance who had seen some pictures of bear tracks in our cruising guide in this inlet. We were working our way down to the glacier at the head of the bay when we noticed that the wind had really picked up off the glacier and was stretching our anchor chain really tightly. So we returned to the boat as waves were coming over the bow of our kayaks and before Nance got eaten by a bear.
Luckily the anchor was down solidly and the wind died down later in the night so we had a relaxing night.
We left the east side of Glacier Bay and headed for the west arm which reaches furthest north and contains the glaciers most often seen in the tourist brochures for cruise lines. Our intended anchorage for the night was Reid Inlet which has its own glacier at the head of the bay. As we arrived, we saw an amazing scene unfolding. A sailboat was slowly motoring into the inlet while a huge Holland America cruise ship passed by all against the backdrop of the inlet and the glacier. It was a scene right out of a travel magazine.
The other really amazing thing was that the sky did not have a cloud and the cobalt blue was so deep it made for memorable pictures. The other unusual thing was that it was warm as I just wore a tee shirt for the first time. Here we were with our own glacier in the sun and warm, it just doesn't get any better than that!
We kayaked ashore despite some trepidation from Nance who had seen some pictures of bear tracks in our cruising guide in this inlet. We were working our way down to the glacier at the head of the bay when we noticed that the wind had really picked up off the glacier and was stretching our anchor chain really tightly. So we returned to the boat as waves were coming over the bow of our kayaks and before Nance got eaten by a bear.
Luckily the anchor was down solidly and the wind died down later in the night so we had a relaxing night.
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