What a spectacular day!  Got up this morning, the sun was shining!!  All of the mountains were out in all their glory and we were off to Whittier.  Very interesting place.  If you know your history, you will remember that a tunnel was constructed during WWII so military folks could transport troops, goods, etc. from a harbor that was "hidden" and send troops out from the same place.  You 'stage' in about 6 different lanes depending on the type of vehicle you are - car, truck, RV, semi, etc.  When it is your turn (one way, including railroad) the huge door opens and in you go.  It is 2 1/2 miles long and you must drive it at 25 MPH, so it takes about 6 1/2 minutes to get through.  Out the other end you pop, and there is Whittier!

We took a cruise on what is called 26 Glacier Cruise.  We left at 12:30, were served lunch right after leaving the dock, then went on our merry way to look at glaciers (naturally) and any marine wildlife we could find.  All together, we probably saw at least 100 sea otters, some single, some in rafts (groups), lots of birds, and to everyone's surprise - 5 humpback whales!  The two that were just wonderful - we stopped the boat for about 1/2 hour - were a calf and cow.  The calf was being a fine example of a kid playing on a sunny day under the close supervision of Mom.  It was fluke slapping, tail lobbing, and breaching about 10 feet out of the water making a huge splash upon landing.  Trying to time this to get a picture was almost impossible - we got some pictures, but not of what we would have liked to have!  At least we can have the pictures in our minds.  Even the Captain was ooohing and awwwing.

We also now seem to have knocked the kinks out of the computer trying to interface with Google - thus the longer blog tonight.  All the camera batteries are being charged, so sorry, no pictures tonight.

Hugs to you all,

Kathy & Joyce