Juneau and Tracy Fjord. Sawyer Glaciers

Sorry guys! Had a great blog to post with photos of the Orcas and a bald eagle, but the Internet is so slow it won't upload all the photos and I can't get back in to try and delete some. So, everyone will have to wait until I get some speedier Internet! We've had our first afternoon of not great weather. Clouds ( no rain) came down and the helicopter to take us to our dog sled ride was canceled! Bummer! We are going to try and go out with Duffy on the Whale Watch boat but don't know if we can get on. Desk opens in an hour. Morning was awesome. Got off ship onto catamaran ( all enclosed with great viewing windows) at 7:00am to go to Tracy Fjord to see two magnificent glaciers!!! They were amazing. We got fairly close and we did see some large calving. We also saw about 100 Harbor Seals resting on the ice. They go into the Fjord to escape the Orcas. It seems the Orca can't tell the difference between a seal and an iceberg so they don't go in there to hunt. The seals like it so they can rest up and not worry about being someone's dinner. But they can't stay long because there isn't enough food for them by the glacier. It was cold and sunny early so the weather for viewing was awesome. Hope we get to do a dog sled ride tomorrow. It's our last chance! Juneau is nice but VERY touristy. We did some successful shopping for a few friends. There was a Princess ship in here earlier and there is a smaller expedition ship still here with us. We don't sail until 10:00 pm. I will keep trying with the blog but now I fear it may be Vancouver before i'll get Sitka posted!

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