We had a good night’s sleep, except Erling who somehow failed to close out the mosquitoes from his tent properly. That is a mistake you only make once. A hefty dose Finnish antihistamines helped manage the situation, but no face recognition on Erling’s iPhone..
It was an otherwise uneventful night. But on the morning we saw that someone had lifted a bag out of the cockpit on Erling’s kayak, the spray deck had also snapped off in the process. No clear bear tracks.
We had dinner ( Thursday ) breakfast and lunch (Friday) at the nearby lodge. A late start Friday suited us well with respect to the currents we needed to negotiate to get into Glacier Bay proper.
We also got the compulsory briefing from the very helpful and well informed rangers.
Just as we were packing to leave a quite agitated couple called for our attention. They just wanted to let us know that the largest grizzly/brown bear they had ever seen were taking a nap at the end of the camp grounds, occupying tent site nr 28.
We just took their word for it. And paddled off for a quite easy 25 km paddle into Glacier bay. There were some currents running and three cruise ships exiting. But visibility was good so no problem keeping our distance.
We saw a lot of whales, sea otters and a flock of sea lions who were clearly agitated by our presence.
Much the same as we have seen along the coast. But the animals here appears less wary of people. Sea otters will just cast a glance our way and go on with their snacking, floating on their backs, toes out of water.
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