We loved our Sea Life Discovery Tour! There were only 12 of us on the boat and we ALL enjoyed the experience. It's like a mini sub and there is great viewing under the water of beautiful sea kelp and magnificent "dancing of all colors of kelp"! It's a relaxing, trance like view of amazing sea grasses and sea life. We saw a 7-8 foot dragon eel and lots of HUGE Sea Stars ( aka starfish). They are trying to change the name since they aren't really fish. Did you know a large sea star pushes its stomach outside and forces it inside a clam where it proceeds to eat the clam and then withdraws its stomach back inside it's body! Cool huh? They also regenerate if you pull a leg off accidentally, it will grow a new body ! The photos of the sea kelp are gorgeous. We saw Sea Lettuce (looks just like the lettuce we eat) and lots of kelp which has nitrogen pods attached to the stems to help them float! They anchor as much as 200' below the surface and grow that tall! Wow!
You can see photos of me holding a live Sea Star and a live Sea Cucumber!
But the best was yet to come!!!
After a great lunch (salmon sandwich) in Sitka, we went on our Sea Otter tour and that was amazing!!! We saw a family of Orcas hunting in a pack! They hung around for a long time. We also saw several humpbacked whales-- one of which surfaced within thirty yards of our boat!! We also saw several "rafts" of Sea Otters -- moms on their tummies with babies laying on them!!! So adorable!! We also saw quite a few sea lions. Oh, and did I forget to mention- a great view of a Bald Eagle majestically sitting on a Post next to our boat! Our Sea Otter crew was so excited that we saw Orcas. The Captain said it was only the second time he has seen Orcas here!!! Wow! How cool is that?! Can you tell I'm excited? We had an awesome day of majestic sights!!!!
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