Day 37 – Sandy Cove to Reid Inlet

Woke up at 2:30AM to the sound of a wolf howling! So cool. Up again at a reasonable hour to be greeted by dense fog, again, but by 10AM the skies were clearing quickly and we set off on another leisurely day of cruising up to the Margerie Glacier again so our family could see it. We cruised by Gloomy Knob and the bay where we saw the Grizzly Bear a couple days ago…but neither produced this time – such a bummer! But we were rewarded with increasingly warm sunshine and no winds so that by the time we reached the glacier everyone was topside basking in the sun, it was absolutely glorious and really rather hot. We hovered there for about an hour simply enjoying the warmth and watching the calving glacier. While we were hovering, Spencer got a little gleam in his eye and disappeared below only to reappear in his bathing suit. We all grabbed our cameras and watched as he dove into the iceberg riddled water. He came to the surface with a loud “WHOOO!” and immediately scrambled back onto the boat as we cheered him on. Crazy youth! Although I’m guessing my crazy 60+ year old brothers would have done the same thing, not to mention my equally crazy son Jordan who never backs down from a dare! Our anchorage that evening was back in Reid Inlet and this time, I have to say, my opinion was changed – it was really beautiful. Probably because there was no wind this time, it was warm out, and we were greeted by a humpback whale circling the cove feeding on the shoreline. The whale came back twice after that, later in the evening, and then after we went to bed. John and I could hear him surface right next to the boat, then again on the other side of the boat as our stateroom has portholes on both sides that we keep open. It was a 5 star day. Not going to try and label all these photos today.