Kasnyku Waterfall....one of the largest in the area!!
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We have Brown bears in Ell Cove.....a mom and cub!!
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Calm waters and beautiful reflections in Ell Cove
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Sitka deer
Leaving Ell Cove for Kelp Bay, Kasnyku Waterfall
Kelp Bay......just a DDG mountain scene from our anchorage
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Lots of Brown bears
The snow pack must be 1000' long/high
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The waterfalls above the snow pack must be another 1000-1500' long!!
We named this gorgeous Brown bear Lady.....look at all that hair!!
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One of many seals hunting!
A mama Brown bear and 2 cubs climbing the snowpack......must be the easiest way up the mountain!!
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We have a whale in the anchorage.....~200 yards from Mystic!!!
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Gorgeous reflections
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For 2 days we watched this female and male courting, We named them Beauty and Grandpa!! He would often lay down for a nap!!
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Leaving Kelp Bay, brilliant sun and blue sky!!!
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On our way out of Kelp Bay, we have whales
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Mouth open for swallowing herring!!
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Fin slapping to stun the herring
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Looking back to Kelp Bay from Chatham Strait
Looking north to the Coastal Mountains on the east side of Glacier Bay up in Lynn Canal...whoa, ~60nm away!!!
Kasnyku Waterfall again
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Now that is a bucket of crab caught in Kelp Bay
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Such calm waters in Chatham Strait surrounded by gorgeous scenery
Dungeness crab ready to be cleaned
A bucket of clean crab for tonight's dinner.....yummers!!!
Coming into Hood Bay on Admiralty Island
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Eagles hunitng
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Two eagles!!
View from our anchorage in South Arm Hood Bay on Admiralty Island at high tide!!
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Another mating couple, we named this pair Bearletta and Romeo
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I'll follow you anywhere!!!
Calm morning with water reflections.....beautiful
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Another whale in the anchorage....awesome!!!
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Still a lot of snow!!
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A bear laying down and Vancouver geese
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Another mating couple
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Waterfall in the middle of the snowpack
Crossing Chatham Strait leaving Hood Bay.....dark, cloudy day, so different than the brilliant sunshine 2 days ago
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Looking back on Hood Bay
A flock of Scoters as we leave Hood Bay
Entering Sitkoh Inlet on Chichagof Island, 5 miles long
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More Brown bears....a mom and 3 cubs
We saw over 30 Brown Bears in our 1+ day in Sitkoh
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View from our anchorage at the huge meadow at high tide
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Eagle hunting
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Success...got a nice size fish!!!
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Juvenile eagle
Mom and 2 cubs
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Kingfisher on bow sprit with a fish for breakfast
Leaving Sitkoh
Low tide and the mudflat is close by
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This is our Garmin Panoptix sonar .....a good picture of the mud wall in front of us about 200' away
Chatham, a privately held closed cannery about 1 mile from our anchorage in Sitkoh
Leaving Sitkoh
Looking west along Peril Straits
Bears at Saook anhcorage
Views from our anchorage in Saook
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2 Blue Heron
That's the National Geographic - Venture
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Views from our anchorage at Rodman Bay
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A big eagle on the mudflat
Sunset in Rodman
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Calm waters with reflections the next moring
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View from our anchorage in Deep Bay
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More Brown bears
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Sunset in Deep Bay
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Western Mariner tug & barge as we enter Neva Straits....needless to say we waited and let him pass!!
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