18 July 2003 Friday6:00AM Colts Neck to Newark airport 9:45AM +30m flight to Seattle Security hassle in Seattle Flight to Juneau Bus airport to hotel Salmon dinner at "green" restaurant Tram view Cruise ships at dock Shop for gloves 19 July 2003 Saturday — JuneauBirthday card Breakfast at hotel "short handed" Tram ride up Walk 0.5 mi trail Sit and watch eagle with binocs Tram ride down Walk along dock Shopping: Books, gloves Arrange Suitcases Lunch, salmon at dock 2nd Tram ride Birding guy on dock Boat Security Board boat, room Lemonade Dinner, Phila couple, CA couple 20 July 2003 Sunday — SkagwayBoat travel, 30 W of North, Juneau to Skagway, gray clouds GPS Lounge, spot whales Buffet lunch Arrive Skagway, AK Street trolley bus to train station, funny gal driver, tour shopping town, mining town, brothels Train, left side view, announcer surprises, camera crowd; coach coupling down Walk in tourist shopping, book shop, whale info card Walk back to boat, cruse ship people Captain's cocktail party, dinner, watch cruise ship launch 21 July 2003 Monday — HainesHaines, AK, small town 7:00AM Bus from boat to raft launch, author guy, Tom Lang, funny Rubber boots for raft Raft - Eagles, Salt Lake City guide Bus back to town and boat, buy books from author Tom Lang Lunch on boat Shopping: carved Puffin, Totem Pole book, Gold Nugget earrings Walk along shoreline back to boat Camera Kathy pic Talk plants AK gal nature guide Dinner English & Phila Bow deck 22 July 2003 Tuesday — Elfin CoveWhale sightings, ~15-whale group, Humpback Whales, spouts, flukes, sounds Talk, GA nature gal, marine mammals Bald Eagle in tree Arrive Elkin Cove, AK Buffet lunch in lounge Elkin Cove woman's orientation Zodiacs to Elkin Cove Ashore in Elkin Cove walk board sidewalks, figure "6" Hummingbird on morning glory blossom tree Interesting tree roots General store Museum Blue gloves Sea lions on island, sun backlight Sea lions tossing fish, sea gulls swarming Dinner, Columbus, OH, English Glacier Bay National Park ranger aboard, talk 23 July 2003 Wednesday — Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve6:00AM Glacier Bay glimpse 5 bears Grizzly Bear Mountain goats Margerie Glacier River discharge at base of glacier Seals on ice floes Buffet lunch, biscuits, sausage sauce, NY teachers Ice cream sundaes Bright sun, rest in room Whale breaching, Pectoral fins AK gal guide talk, laughs Dinner, NY women, laughs Lounge, Armenian guy Video, Glacier Bay 24 July 2003 Thursday — SitkaSitka, AK Bus to raptor center, driver Mary, red jacket/badges Raptor (Bald Eagles) Rehab Close-up binocs of bald eagle Sitka National Historical Park Walk in woods, bridge over stream, eagles Totem pole path Museum, pull-out drawers Lunch, cold salmon, key lime pie Walk along tourist shops Russian Orthodox Church Russian Bishop's home Boat for Sprite Native dancers show Dinner, crab, Armenian/Czech Ice cream/Banana 8:30PM Whitestone Narrows passage 25 July 2003 Friday — Tracy ArmGA nature gal talk mammals ~11:30AM cross submerged terminal moraine, 70 ft Spectacular scenery, don't want to miss it Hasty lunch, soup & sandwich in lounge Fjords, glaciers, waterfalls Cold, wind, gloves (two pair) "Hole-in-the-Wall" waterfall, crew with pitchers Glacier, lumpy and jagged, blue ice Icebergs floating, blue ice Thunderous sound and sight of icebergs calving Waves from calving Seals on ice floes Struggling crew with net in zodiac capture iceberg Stern deck chair, scenery Recross terminal moraine, 70 ft Coffee in lounge Packing Captain's farewell dinner Carol & Mary Lou, Armenian/Czech 26 July 2003 Saturday — JuneauBreakfast, Chicago, Nashua,NH Bus to hotel Wait in lobby Walk to state capitol, salmon stream, state museum Lunch Hanger restaurant Shopping area buy Gloves Hotel wait Bus to airport Check-in fish freight Flight to Seattle call Carol Tuna sandwich in Seattle airport Flight to Newark 27 July 2003 Sunday~6:30AM Arrive Newark Murphy limo to Colts Neck 7:50AM Arrive Wedgewood |