The fog rolled in overnight. So our plans of spending the day of halibut fishing was kind of out the window. We were still able to take the boat out with Captain Pete, but were not able to go very far. Which was pretty much fine with me because it was a little like a scary movie out there surrounded by fog. We dropped a couple shrimp pots out there (the shrimp out there are HUGE, bigger than any I have ever seen in the lower states. AMAZING and SOOOOO GOOD!) and then we caught a few herring for bait. We were still pretty proud of our catch. We saw one of the boats from the “Deadliest Catch” in the harbor. Pretty awesome.
Since my husband didn’t get to catch halibut, he was on a mission to catch other things. Like Pink Salmon. And so he did. While he did that my cousin and I headed out in the canoe to see some icebergs. (It was on my list to see a blue glacier in Alaska)
It was cold and rainy and foggy. My camera took a HUGE beating, but for what I saw, it was COMPLETELY worth it. Not only did I get to see a blue glacier, we came upon some caves that were pure ice. The most amazing color I have ever seen. Seriously, the pictures don’t do it much justice. We came in for supper and then later in the evening we went to see how the hubby was coming along with fishing. A grizzly came in from the woods to feed her cubs while we were there. She goes to the same place to eat every day, where the Salmon are running, so it was awesome to see her routine. Also AMAZING. But kind of freaky too.
We got to see a little bit of what the real Alaska is like. Cold. Rainy. It is acceptable to go anywhere in rain gear. In fact, I’m pretty sure people living there have more of that than regular clothes. I looked like a dude for a week straight and it pretty much looked like I didn’t change my clothes. I assure you I did. Even bought a new hat.
