Hoonah and Tenakee Springs

July 9th we left Elfin Cove, across Icy Strait from Glacier Bay. Along this route we saw fantastic whale shows, particularly the fascinating event of humpback whales 'bubble-net' feeding. About six of them leap around, blowing great bursts of steam, creating a 'net' of bubbles; then they all rush in a small circle around the bubbles and open huge mouths to capture all the fish they have surrounded. My biggest regret on this trip, is that I do not have a camera adequate for the task of recording what we have seen.

The entire area in this region is loaded with whales; many breaching and sounding right before our eyes. As well, there are many sea lions and sea otters to be seen.

We spent a night in a fishing village of Hoonah - an interesting fuel dock experience there. It was low tide for us, and the fueling float was at least thirty feet below the wharf!! hmmm. Dan had to climb up this ladder to pay the bill. Might I add that fuel in these parts is as much as $5.35/gallon. ugh.

Before arriving at Hoonah, we stopped at a popular halibut feeding ground and were successful in catching two halibut, albeit smallish ones, which have room in our little freezer now!

On the 11th, our 16th anniversary, we are in Tenakee Springs - a lovely quaint little seaside village where we are at least able to find internet access to update this blog.

One of the highlights is finding new boating friends on the docks; we never know who of our new-found friends will be on the dock when we pull in. In this case we enjoyed the company of two couples that we have come to know along the way, and we celebrated duly with them at Happy Hour on our boat.