So MWR had a free Glacier Cruise for families of Deployed Soldiers so the boys and I jumped on it quick. Come to find out it would have cost us about $300 just for boys and I.
So we had to drive the 30 min down to the Whittier Tunnel which is the longest tunnel in North America kind cool once you get over the fact that you are inside of a huge mountian.
Yes, I was hanging my arm outside the truck window to take this and I took about 5 and this is the best one lol.
To start off our day we saw this great pair of bald eagles as soon as we got into Whittier
The boat we rode on for the tour
Doesn't get much better than this does it.
Yes his face is squashed up again the glass to see not much of anything yet.
This is one of 46 glaciers we saw during our trip, and yes the glacier ice really is that cool shade of blue it was so neat
The crew pulled some glacier ice out of the bay and let the kids check it out. Will is such a good big brother he showed it to Steven too.
When the glacier breaks and falls into the bay it is called "calving" it is something that the tour company can not predict and is rare to see we where lucky enought to see two different sections calve. It was pretty cool to hear the ice pop and then woosh the ice falls in a makes huge waves.
Will with his new friend "Buddy the Sea Otter"
Steven cuddling up with his sea otter (still unnamed lol)
During our tour we saw lots of Seals
Families of Sea Otter that are so much bigger than you can expect
And my personal HIGHLIGHT of the trip a pair of Humpbacks
One of which gave us a great tail shot
By the time we got done with the 4 hr tour that ended up being more like 5hr. And we waited to go back thru the Whittier Tunnel the kids where whooped. And after a short 15 min wait in line Steven bite the dust lol.
On the way home we passed this campsite that had this view that the photo below so does not do justice too.
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