Pics from the first Northwestern Fjord Tour of the season!

This is creatively named the "Northwestern Glacier."  

The sounds the glacier made as it calved sounded like either gunshots or thunder. 

The little pieces in the water are called "bergy bits" and the much larger pieces are called "growlers."

This place is called Cataract Cove. Not sure why, but it's BEAUTIFUL.

A mountain goat looking down at us.  

A whole bunch of Steller sea lions. 

A mated pair of bald eagles. 

One last shot of Northwestern Glacier. 

And on a side note: I'm not officially on the schedule for this week, and I've been working since last Tuesday, so I just took it upon myself and took today off :) I figured that since no one is expecting me to be on a particular boat, no one would miss me...I couldn't sleep in though, since one of my roommates' alarms was going off ALL MORNING and I could not get her to wake up.  Ugh.  Otherwise, I had a nice, relaxing day off- laundry, grocery shopping (and my God groceries are expensive here!), got a Seward library card...woohoo! All of us roommates went out for Thai food, it was the first time we ALL went out- it was nice. I am finally on the official schedule for next week, and I have two days in a row off- that might get a little boring! I'm thinking about taking the bus to anchorage and staying in a hotel there, JUST for the sake of a comfy bed and cleanliness! I'm willing to spend money for a good nights sleep- it's only been a week, and I'm already sick of climbing up into my bunk bed, jumping down when I inevitably have to pee during the night, and having mattress springs poke into my body.  Not fun.  OH and speaking of things that are not fun, I had to clean my first vomit from a seasick passenger yesterday!