Drove about 530 miles today through a bit of Illinois, across Indiana & Ohio, & landing in Wheeling, WV - almost home. Most of the scenery was pretty boring, & much of the drive was rainy, so no pics today. Future trips will include WAY less driving & WAY more visiting of interesting people & places, so those reports should be more interesting. A steady rain is pitter-pattering on the trailer roof, so should sleep well in Cabela's parking lot with everything a person needs here in my little home on wheels.
boat tour to wildlife & glaciers
I can now die a happy woman! The boat trip was fantastic in every way. (Major Marine 8.5 hour tour on Orca Song from Seward to the Northwestern Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park) We saw SO MUCH wildlife, including several rare sightings & behaviors. Here is the first of 3 sea otters we saw. This is the sea cave & rocks where we got very close to see sea stars & jelly fish - many, many of each. A dozen Dall's porpoises swam & played near our boat for a while. They swam so fast that they were hard to photograph, but we saw each one many times. This group of Stellar's sea lions is typical of what one sees in Alaska, that is no babies, just a group of adults hauled up on shore. Though humpback whales are often seen in this area, they are mostly seen alone or perhaps a mom & baby. Not only did we see a whole pod, we saw them engage in what is called bubble net feeding. Many pods around the world do not engage in this type of feeding. There are...
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