July 2nd
We arrive in Glacier Bay at 11:00. Mike has to go to an orientation and Evan and I check out the lodge and take a short hike through the forest. I am chatting with the manager in the restaurant to see if I can buy some milk from them and we start talking about halibut and they tell me their chef will cook our halibut for us, anyway we would like it. About 30 minutes later we were sitting down to..."The best halibut I have ever eaten," says Evan. It was delicious blackend halibut and he also made us some halibut saviche. What a treat for us. it is about 8:00 pm and we are all in short sleeved shirts the weather is unbelievably beautiful. We can see the tops of the mountains, glaciers and an occasional whale. Evan has already caught one halibut and lost a 50 pounder right at the boat.


July 4th
Happy Independence Day! We don't have any fireworks, but we did hear thunder today. The glaciers were magnificent and we sat and "glacier gazed" for hours and listened to the the massive chunks of ice falling into the sea. Evan and I took a ride in the dingy to get as close as possible to the glacier. It looks like a sea of ice and it was! A wonderful 4th of July and another hammockable day ...in front of glaciers

We anchored last night in front of Reid's Glacier. It is 130 feet tall and 9.5 miles long. We all dingyed over to take a hike in front of the glacier. Mike "futzed" with the dingy, as Evan and I walked up to the face of the glacier. It is amazing to get so close and see the colors and watch the water forming into waterfalls and cascading down the crevices and caves. We also saw big bear tracks in the stream bed - we were prepared with our bear spray and flare gun!