Kenai Fjords Tour

Our flight back to the lower 48 was a red-eye leaving at 10pm, but we left Soldotna early in the morning to drive to Seward and take a Kenai Fjords ocean cruise out of Resurrection Bay. The day was absolutely gorgeous; no clouds or wind, perfectly sunny and about 60 degrees. The tour lasted six hours and included a lunch of delicious fried halibut.

As we left Seward harbor for the Aliyak glacier, the first animal we saw was a sea otter dozing in the water. Then we encountered several porpoises and watched them swim through the boat's bow wave. They were very playful and so sleek and graceful. Later we saw sea lions, star fish, jellyfish (oddly enough, called a _smack_ or _senate_ of jellyfish), two bald eagles, lots of puffins, and finally, just as the trip was ending, a couple of killer whales.