Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

After leaving Ketchikan on Tuesday, we continued on our journey towards Juneau. On the way though, we were able to go through a pass called Tracy Arm Fjord, in an attempt to see the  Sawyer Glacier. I was quite excited about this, because up until now, Snow capped mountains were only seen from a distance. I wanted to see icebergs {small ones} in the water, and evidence of how far north we really were.

Again, Daniel and I were early risers, up at 6am. We ventured outside to get a glimpse of what was outside, and were amazed at how cold it was. Shocking right, but when you leave 100 degree heat, then get weather in the 60s, the upper 40s/low 50s seems FREEZING!!! The breakfast sandwiches and coffee did help {again} though.

The water in Tracy Arm was absolutely amazing. I have never seen water so blue. I know my pictures don't do it justice. It was the color of the blue-green crayon in the Crayola 64 pack, which made the icebergs look iridescent blue at times. It was stunning. It took the boat a few hours to navigate up through the pass to Sawyer Glacier, but the scenery was more then beautiful to look at, not to mention the boat's naturalist, Alan, was pretty comical as well. The only sealife we saw was a lonely seal on an iceberg, but I heard from some people that went on an expedition up to the glacier that there were hundreds upon hundreds of seals laying on the icebergs up there.

Once at the Glacier, the boat did a 180 degree turn, so everyone on board could get a glimpse of Sawyer Glacier. Not going to lie, when you see every officer on board huddled in the windows of the bridge and you're what seems to be inches from hitting the mountains in front of you, it's a little nerve wracking. We made our way up to the top deck, and again, my perception was way off. We had more then enough room, but scenes of the Titanic do go through your mind.

After leaving Sawyer Glacier and Tracy Arm, it was smooth sailing towards Juneau. We arrived in Juneau somewhere around 2pm. In Juneau we went on a Bike and Brew Tour. We biked 9 miles up to another Glacier, then went to a local pub to learn about and taste more Alaskan Beer. But those pictures are for another day!

I had to sift through the 100 or so pictures I took, hope you enjoy the few I picked!

Boat taking a group closer to the glacier, who said there were hundreds of seals at the edge.