Day 61

Karen and I went for a walk after breakfast to the small boat docks and on to a short 1 mile trail. As we started down the trail a girl jogger and her dog stopped us and said there was a black bear on the trail. We went on and Karen had me whistling and she was clapping so the bear would hear us. It worked, no bear! Later it was a beautiful day, all the clouds lifted and bright warm sunshine was the afternoon so we drove to the fish hatchery where people could fish and catch salmon any way they could, by net, hand or gear. We were told that it may be possible to see bears, sea lions, otters and eagles there. We saw some eagles and otters at a distance. We then drove about 28 miles to walk up close to the Worthington Glacier, a short walk from the parking lot to a viewing area. There were people walking on a trail up to and on the edge of the glacier. After a nice cookout dinner we drove back to the hatchery to see what was happening. It was high tide and sea lions were near the shore catching salmon and it was cool watching as they brought their catch to the surface the sea gulls would massively move to the sea lion to get some salmon. Then a couple of bald eagles flew over head and landed in a nearby tree. As you can tell we had another great day in Valdez, Alaska.

Valdez small boat harbor

The end of the Alaska Pipeline in Valdez

Bald Eagles hang out at low tide

Notice the people near the foot of the glacier

This cave was formed from water running under the glacier

Sea Otter

Sea Lion

Sea Lion catches a salmon

Sea Gulls go for left overs!

Bald Eagle