Today was another day at sea, but more scenery was on the agenda than yesterday.  We would be cruising in Glacier Bay National Park.  The bay formed as the glacier receded.  It’s been doing that for at least 100 years.  I was surprised to learn that John Muir of Yosemite fame came to Glacier Bay in the late 1800s.  

Visibility today was mediocre because of the fires in Alaska and the Yukon (otherwise known as Canada).  We would be within a quarter mile of the Margerie Glacier so we’d still be able to see it.  The surrounding mountains were pretty and we can only imagine how spectacular it would be on a clear day.

The ship was in front of Margerie Glacier for a couple of hours and everyone was watching it and hoping to see it calve.  We lucked out and caught two large ice chunks calve off.  It really does sound like thunder.

 

By the afternoon, the ship had finished cruising around the glacier and we headed back the way we came.  From Glacier Bay we were on our way to our first port of call, Skagway.