Alaska Cruise Trip Day 5 – Juneau
After our interesting morning at the Dawes Glacier, we headed to Juneau to watch whales.
In Juneau, we boarded the St. Elisabeth (what an excellent name for a boat!) and boated out to the North Pass of the Favorite Channel.
A few whales were blowing geysers and "tooting their horns" while a dolphin pod frolicked near them. There were no spectacular breaches, but it was still exciting to see whale tails. Parts of whale bodies would slide in and out of the water like sci-fi sand creatures.
The tour guide said the whales winter in Hawaii to have their young and then swim to Alaska for the summer. It was still early in the season when we were there, so there was not as much marine life to be found.
When I think of whale watching, I think of the A-ha song, We're Looking for the Whales. I can hear that song in my head when I look at today's featured pic.
