Alaskan Cruise - Tracy Arm Fiord

Upon arriving home last night to tackle the laundry, 10 days of cat hair, groceries to be bought, yard needing 2 weeks of attention and heat, I started downloading all 400+ pictures from our trip. I've decided the only way to tackle them will be in sections, so in no particular order here we go !!!!!

Our Morning in Tracy Arm Fiord

We spent one very early morning sailing into the Tracy Arm Fiord. No words can really describe it and the pictures sure don't do it justice ! We got up at 5:30 AM so as not to miss any of the approach to this beautiful wonder of nature. The fiord is very narrow as it twists thru the deep canyons. The weather was very gray, no wind but very overcast and the ship went very slowly and quietly just gliding thru the twists and turns. Every turn was another beautiful scene of granite walls, greens trees, snowy peaks with waterfalls down every canyon. It was so serenely quiet and with the beautiful cloud cover it made me just wonder if we were knocking on Gods door. I'm sure when we made it back to the the end where the glacier was that angels were everywhere !

One of the many icebergs we passed....80% of an iceberg is under water.

Here is the Swayer glacier that is at the end of the fiord. What a sight to round the corner and see it, it was huge and so blue. We were so lucky to get so close as the first couple cruises of the season the pilot couldn't get thru the icebergs safely to even get to see it. I will never forget how huge it was. All the little ice pieces in the water of the broken off ice bergs sounded like Ice tinkling in a glass as the ship moved thru it. The quiet was amazing and all you heard was the tinkling as that big ship moved in a 180 degree turn.
There were seals there enjoying laying on all the ice bergs too, several on some of the larger ones. After a bit this one wiggled towards the edge and went for a swim.
What an amazing experience to quietly view something so magnificent. That night other people at dinner felt like they'd just experienced one of the great wonders of the world !