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July 6th – Auke Harbor
July 07th, 2014 | Author:

Mendenhall Glacier

Mendenhall Glacier


Auke Harbor is north the main part of the the city of Juneau. It is situated in quite a rural setting – no cruise ships here.

There are many fishing boats that that “live” here – I think that could be why there are so many

Eagles on the beach.

Eagles on the beach.

The four of us went for a walk; just getting to the Harbor Office was a trek. Kelley and I walked farther and visited another small harbor. There isn’t much in this area, a real contrast to busy Juneau. We had a visitor

Brave one on a mast on the sailboat near us.

Brave one on a mast on the sailboat near us.

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July 5 – Taku Harbor
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Today we are stopping at Taku Harbor – we have a short run. This small harbor was the site of a fish processing business; when we enter there are some fishing boats tied to one of the docks, but we opt for the single floating dock that is empty (although late in the afternoon 3 fishing boats came and tied up.
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We saw a black bear walking along the water (never got a picture), but that didn’t stop Kelley from jumping into the dingy and going for a walk.
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A quiet afternoon –

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July 3 – Off to Tracy Arm
July 07th, 2014 | Author:

Although we have seen glaciers from the sky while flying, DSCN2584we are going to Tracy Arm and will be visiting the North and South Sawyer Glaciers tomorrow.

As we were leaving Frederick Sound and making a right into Stephens Passage we encountered a large pod of humpback whales. They were so close, and although we stopped, some came right to the boat and then blew! One whale was entertaining us with flapping his fins from side to side, slapping his tail and RSCN2605.
This flying out of the water was not a one time event…we must have watched the show for about 20 minutes.

Alas, time to move on. We anchored in a small cove at the beginning of the Tracy Arm, I believe it is called Holkham. When we arrived, we were greeted by
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but not one, but
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A great cruising day, a quiet harbor, perfect.

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July 2 – Petersburg
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On to Petersburg. A 7.5 hour run; a long day but the scenery was unbeatable. I liked it best when we were entering the Wrangell Narrows, also called Christmas Tree Lane (because these huge trees line both sides of the strait). As the strait winds around we saw a few fishing lodges and some homes on the water. It is pretty barren…………
We got a slip in Petersburg – around 6.
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Mexican train tonight – He who doesn’t like games (Chuck) won 4 games in a row! Yikes!

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