Fine Alaskan having a grand old time...

Humpback whale Eagle and Stellar Sea Lions on Buoy Sea Lion haul out on Benjamin Island Orca

I am proud to annouce that at the Haines Beer Fest we received the following awards and mention: Third place in the Belgian Dubbel category - La Dubbel de Marge Third place in the American Brown Ale category - Won't you take me to Funky Brown Best Name - Won't you take me to Funky Brown Honorable Mention in the Best Name category - This will get you to third base Belgian Tripel Why we named it La Dubbel de Marge! She cuddled up to the carboy during fermentation. IMPORTANT NOTE:  Mr. B Rocks!!!!

From top to bottom: North Sawyer South Sawyer Harbor Seals Bear Hole in the Wall Eagle

Another beautiful day at Tracy Arm. We made it as far to South Sawyer glacier (top) as we did yesterday - the waterfall (second photo). However, today we got a glimpse of North Sawyer glacier (bottom) too. Take a look at the Harbor Seal that was sitting on an iceberg. The penultimate photo is a side view of Icy falls.

We made it much further toward the face of South Sawyer Glacier than we had previous. On a gorgeous day it was a beautiful sight. It was not very active during the 20 minutes we drifted around.

There was to much ice in the water to safely navigate to the face of either North or South Sawyer glacier but we still saw waterfalls and two bears. In addition to excellent views, we also saw a harbor seal resting on an iceberg and several mountain goats .

Last night with the Juneau Jazz & Classics Blues Cruise I took these photos from the south end of the Gastineau Channel. Top: Admirality Island, Kootznoowoo Wilderness Middle: Early sunset looking toward Juneau Bottom: Tantallon pt. with Admirality Island in the background

Mr. B. and I were lucky to spot a mother bear and her two cubs while we were hiking along the flume trail. We did not bring our camera on the hike but but as we were watching these three eat grass and climb trees we decided to hike quickly home, grab the camera, and shot these photos.

In the afternoon we had quite a bit of snowfall and poor visibility at Glacier Bay. Thank goodness we had playing cards and $2.50 bottles of Alaskan Ale in the bar. We could not see the John Hopkins glacier in the early afternoon. Amy shot this one of Mr. B. and I in front of Lamplugh glacier a bit later (above). As night began to fall Mr. B. shot these pictures at the John Muir glacier (below). A bit later we also saw a mama bear and her three cubs hanging out on a shore line and a couple of mooses on another shore line as we were making way back to Juneau. Here are some other Glacier Bay photos. These were all shot around Margerie glacier.