June 17

It rained overnight and slowed down when we first got up. What to do today? First let’s check out the town and the information center. We took off on foot to explore a bit of the town and the information center. There we given a few suggestions on where to explore. We started out heading out to a glacier lake with the glacier, a lake, and mountains. Mind you the visibility was poor in the clouds and fog so you could see parts of the mountains and lake but not really the glacier. The good news is it stopped raining and I took so moody shots of the area which I will post when bandwidth is available. Next we drove to the other side of the fiord like harbor towards the southern end of the Alaskan Pipeline. Outstanding views of clouds, mountains and harbor. Took some more photos.

Glacier Lake near the Valdez Airport

Valdez Harbor

Came across an eagle in a pose similar to cormorants drying there wings. The perched eagle had it’s wings away from it’s side and drooping down a bit to let them dry. It was a moment I did not capture in a photograph. Back to town we set out to walk more of the harbor and find a place to eat. Marsha was fixated on the Fat Mermaid for lunch. We found it and had lunch. On the way back to the campground we found the Lu Lu Belle office and went in. We signed up for a cruise tour on Thursday. Captain Fred loves should the world of beauty to others. If a pod of whales is jumping he says there for as long we want. His small ship can get places the larger on cannot. We are excited about the cruise along with periods of less rain!

While walking around town Marsha spotted some information on a 3 day course on Field Sketching and Watercolors for next weekend, Friday evening, all day Saturday, and Sunday morning. Tomorrow we’ll look into getting the trailer safety chains repaired, an oil change for the truck, and the class.